Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
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| name = Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
| image = Franz Xaver Gabelsberger.gif
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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 [[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.
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==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]
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[[Category:1789 births]]
[[Category:1849 deaths]]
[[Category:German inventors]]
[[Category:Inventors of writing systems]]
[[Category:People from Munich]]
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