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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Xaver Gabelsberger has received more than 25,989 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Franz Xaver Gabelsberger is the 299th most popular inventor (down from 277th in 2019), the 4,164th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,563rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 299 out of 426. Before him are Jacob Ellehammer, Henry M. Leland, Štefan Banič, Rowland Hill, George Graham, and Henry Shrapnel. After him are William Justin Kroll, Wilhelm Bauer, Max Valier, André Blondel, Marion Donovan, and Alexander Bain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 42. Before him are Miguel Barragán, Cesare Balbo, Peter Joseph Lenné, Leona Vicario, Carlos Soublette, and Thaddeus Bulgarin. After him are Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Michel Félix Dunal, Joséphine Fodor, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, and Thomas Ewing. Among people deceased in 1849, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 55. Before him are François Marius Granet, Mariano Paredes, Marc Isambard Brunel, Jacob Perkins, Maria Edgeworth, and Charlotte von Ahlefeld. After him are Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, José María Carreño, Albert Gallatin, Ján Hollý, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 4,164 out of 7,253. Before him are Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), Thomas Reiter (1958), Princess Margarita of Baden (1932), Klaus Wunder (1950), Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649), and Ruth Leuwerik (1924). After him are Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (1854), Friedrich Accum (1769), Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Gustav Lange (1830), and Heinrich Campendonk (1889).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ranks 38. Before him are Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), Hans von Ohain (1911), Eugen Langen (1833), Fritz von Opel (1899), Ricardo Wolf (1887), and Adolf Martens (1850). After him are Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Walter Bruch (1908), Heinrich Gerber (1832), Didi Senft (1952), Albrecht Berblinger (1770), and Andy Bechtolsheim (1955).

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