The Hauy brothers. Valentin Hauy (1745-1822) was the founder of the first school for the blind, the Institute for Blind Youth in Paris. Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles or National Institute for the Young Blind. René Just Hauy (1743-1822) was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

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