Wolfgang von Kempelen

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Wolfgang von Kempelen
Self-portrait
Born
Wolfgang Franciscus de Paula Johannes Elemosinarius von Kempelen

23 January 1734
Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovakia), Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Empire
Died26 March 1804(1804-03-26) (aged 70)
Vienna, Habsburg Empire
OccupationInventor
Known forThe Turk

Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen (Hungarian: Kempelen Farkas; 23 January 1734 – 26 March 1804) was a writer, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.

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