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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger

1789 - 1849

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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (9 February 1789, Munich - 4 January 1849, Munich) was a German stenographer; the inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Xaver Gabelsberger is the 273rd most popular inventor (up from 299th in 2019), the 3,778th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,164th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 273 out of 426. Before him are Henri Fabre, Louis Lumière, Alexandre Alexeieff, John Barnard, Colin Archer, and Léon Gaumont. After him are Jacob W. Davis, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Alexander Bain, James Nasmyth, Frederick Scott Archer, and Robert Cornelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 34. Before him are Henry Pottinger, Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Carlos María de Alvear, Auguste Couder, and Richard Bright. After him are Friedrich Silcher, Carlos Soublette, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Peter Joseph Lenné, Manuel de la Peña y Peña, and Leona Vicario. Among people deceased in 1849, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 50. Before him are Goffredo Mameli, Maria Edgeworth, Marc Isambard Brunel, François Marius Granet, Carlo Rossi, and Pavel Chichagov. After him are Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, Jacob Perkins, Albert Gallatin, and Filippo Paulucci.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 3,780 out of 7,253. Before him are Andreas Kaplan (1977), Johannes Brenz (1499), Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (1804), Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau (1738), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), and Maximilian von Montgelas (1759). After him are Philipp Nicolai (1556), Walter Burkert (1931), Rudi Glöckner (1929), Fritz Manteuffel (1875), Hermann Prey (1929), and Gerhard Marcks (1889).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 37. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Oskar Barnack (1879), Fritz von Opel (1899), Ricardo Wolf (1887), Eugen Langen (1833), and Adolf Martens (1850). After him are Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Walter Bruch (1908), Didi Senft (1952), Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), Heinrich Gerber (1832), and Albrecht Berblinger (1770).

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