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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (died 1849)
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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
German inventor of writing system
Franz Xaver Gabelsberger was a German stenographer; the inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gabelsberger shorthand
Writing system
Gabelsberger shorthand, named for its creator, is a form of shorthand previously common in Germany and Austria. Created c. 1817 by Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, it was first fully described in the 1834 textbook Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie and became…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)