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Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement/Moon, William
MOON, WILLIAM (1818–1894), inventor of the embossed type known as Moon's type for the blind, was descended from an old Sussex family seated at Rother- field; but he was born at Horsemonden, Kent, on 18 Dec.
1818. He was the son of James Moon of Horsemonden, by his wife, Mary Funnell Moon. During his childhood his parents removed to Brighton, but William remained for some time at Horsemonden. At the age of four he lost the sight of one eye through scarlet fever, and the other eye was seriously affected.
Moonbeam biography of william
He was educated in London, and when about eighteen years old he settled at Brighton with his widowed mother. He was studying with the intention of taking holy orders; but the sight of the remaining eye gradually failed, in spite of several surgical operations.
In 1840 he became totally blind. He had previously made himself acquainted with various systems of embossed type, and now began to teach sev