Franz Xaver Gabelsberger

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.

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The Stenographic Collection (Dresden), includes various items related to Gabelsberger, originally from the Library of the Royal Saxon Stenographic Institute
Image of Gabelsberger
Photographs of the memorial at Gabelsberger's grave
Postage stamp showing Gabelsberger

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