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John Wilson was an Englishman who worked to prevent blindnes
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in the developing world. When he was 12 years old he was blinded in
both eyes during an experiment in science class.) After that, he went to a
school for the blind where he learned Braille, which is the writing system
for people who can't see. Then he studied law at Oxford University.
After Wilson graduated, he went to Africa. There, he was shocked to
find widespread blindness hot caused by accidents, as in his own case,
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but resulting from the lack of effective treatment for certain diseases.
For decades, he led an organization to prevent such blindness in Africa
