page_title: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
hierarchical_section_title: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
caption_attribution_description: English: Medallion d. = 40 mm. 25.97 g Ag 0.990 Fine Silver Gabelsberger, Franz Xaver, 1789 München - 1849 Munich, Germany. Portrait r., curved above: "FRANZ XAVER GABELSBERGER"/ 8 lines within wreath: "FÜR LANGJÄHRIGE VERDIENSTVOLLE MITGLIEDSCHAFT GABELSBERGERSCHER STENOGRAPHEN- VEREIN VON 1863 IN HANNOVER". Deutsche Fotothek Datensatz 71399800. Forrer III, p. 325. Mint: L. Chr. Lauer, Nürnberg Condition: UNCIRCULATED, no hidden problems.
context_page_description: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger 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 and became rapidly used. He is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich.
context_section_description: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (9 February 1789 – 4 January 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. He is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich.
caption: Gabelsberger Shorthand Silver Award Medal of the Hanover Stenographen-Verein of 1863, obverse.
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