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Name
  
Franz Gabelsberger


Role
  
Inventor

Franz Xaver Gabelsberger httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons44

Born
  
9 February 1789 (
1789-02-09
)
Munich, Germany

Died
  
January 4, 1849, Munich, Germany

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.

References

Franz Xaver Gabelsberger Wikipedia