Wolfgang von Kempelen
Hungarian writer and inventor
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Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd was a Hungarian author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine. Wikipedia
Born: January 23, 1734, Bratislava, Slovakia
Died: March 26, 1804 (age 70 years), Vienna, Austria
Children: András Ferenc Xavér Kempelen, Károly Kempelen, Julianna Terézia Kempelen, and more
Spouse: Maria Anna von Gobelius (m. 1762–1804) and Maria Franziska Piani (m. 1757–1758)
Parents: Anna Theresa Spindler and Engelbert Kempelen
Known for: The Turk
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