Abraham Nemeth (1918 - 2013)

• Abraham Nemeth was born in New York City and attended mainstream public school as a totally blind child.
• He studied psychology and earned his undergraduate degree and masters from Brooklyn College and Colombia University, respectively.
• While looking for a job as a psychologist, he took evening courses in math and physics at Brooklyn College, and later at Columbia University, having a latent interest in mathematics.
• He subsequently obtained a PhD in mathematics from Wayne State University, Detroit.
• While studying, he found that there was a need for a more effective way to communicate mathematics among blind people.
• This led him to develop the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation, which is still used extensively to this day.

Text: Available at Hall of Fame: Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field

Image: Available at Hall of Fame: Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field

Author: Yamange Deshan Premasiri (2021) LJMU Student

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