Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German inventor of writing system
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Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
About Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
- Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (9 February 1789 – 4 January 1849, both in Munich) was a German inventor of a shorthand writing system, named Gabelsberger shorthand after him. Gabelsberger, employed as typist by the Bavarian government, started to develop a new shorthand system at age of 28.
- His system was first fully described in the textbook Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie (1834) and became rapidly used.
- He is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich.
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