Franz Xaver Gabelsberger

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name = Franz Xaver Gabelsberger


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caption = Inventor of a shorthand system
birth_date = birth date|1789|2|9|mf=y
birth_place = Munich, Germany
death_date = death date and age|1849|1|4|1789|2|9|mf=y
death_place = Munich, Germany
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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (February 9 1789 – January 4 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.

External links

* [http://www.tu-dresden.de/slub/MiamiExhibit/steno.htm The Stenographic Collection (Dresden)] , includes various items related to Gabelsberger, originally from the Library of the Royal Saxon Stenographic Institute
* [http://www.weltchronik.de/ws/bio/g/gabelsberger/gf01849a-GabelsbergerFranzXaver-17890209b-18490104d-02.jpgImage of Gabelsberger]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6050 Photographs of the memorial at Gabelsberger's grave]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GRid=6050&PIgrid=6050&PIcrid=639238&PIpi=278899&ShowCemPhotos=Y& Postage stamp showing Gabelsberger]