Wolfgang Von Kempelen
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 221 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 23,1734 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Bratislava |
| Slovakia | |
| Date of died | March 26,1804 |
| Died | Vienna |
| Austria | |
| Known for | The Turk |
| Books | Modus Operandi; Or, The Automaton Chess-player: A Play in Three Acts, with Prefatory Remarks, and Extracts from Original Letters on de Kempelin's Automaton Chess-player, Published in 1784 |
| Spouse | Maria Anna von Gobelius |
| Maria Franziska Piani | |
| Parents | Engelbert Kempelen |
| Anna Theresa Spindler | |
| Children | András Ferenc Xavér Kempelen |
| Károly Kempelen | |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Hungarian | |
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| ID | 711929 |
Wolfgang Von Kempelen Life story
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.