Franz Xaver Gabelsberger 2275686 155075185 2007-09-01T20:00:59Z SmackBot 433328 Set up birth date/death date template and/or general fixes {{Infobox Person | name = Franz Xaver Gabelsberger | image = Franz Xaver Gabelsberger.gif | image_size = | 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]] | occupation = | spouse = }} '''Franz Xaver Gabelsberger''' ([[February 9]] [[1789]] – [[January 4]] [[1849]], both in [[Munich]]) was a [[Germans|German]] inventor of a [[shorthand]] writing system, named [[Gabelsberger shorthand]] after him. Gabelsberger, employed as typist by the [[Bavaria]]n 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. {{commons|Franz Xaver Gabelsberger}} ==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.jpg Image 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] {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabelsberger, Franz Xaver}} [[Category:1789 births]] [[Category:1849 deaths]] [[Category:German inventors]] [[Category:Inventors of writing systems]] [[Category:People from Munich]] {{Germany-engineer-stub}} [[cs:Franz Xaver Gabelsberger]] [[de:Franz Xaver Gabelsberger]] [[fi:Franz Xaver Gabelsberger]]