- Guilly d'Herbemont
Guilly d'Herbemont (born c. 1888, date of death unknown) was the inventor of the
white cane for blind people.In 1930, d'Herbemont wrote a letter to the director of the national daily newspaper "Écho de Paris". This letter was published causing much consternation.
On
February 7 ,1931 , d'Herbemont symbolically presented, in the presenece of several ministers, the first two white canes. These were given to a blind soldier and a blind civilian. These were followed by the distribution of 5000 white canes.References
* [http://gdherbem.free.fr/archives_images.php?index=4&album=livraison4gh/N852 Bailly, Claude (Avril 1990). "L'Auxiliaire des Aveugles"] .
* [http://www.guydherbemont.com/sitegh/archives/une_archive.php?id=849 Verrien, Paul (Mai 1969). "Comme les autres..."] .
* [http://dherbemont.free.fr/en/textes/cannes.html Biography of Guilly d'Herbemont]External links
* [http://dherbemont.free.fr Website about Guilly d'Herbemont]
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