# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-friedrich-freiherr-von-racknitz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:51:44.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-friedrich-freiherr-von-racknitz"
name: "Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz"
slug: "joseph-friedrich-freiherr-von-racknitz"
description: "Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz (1744–1818) residing in Dresden, Holy Roman Empire, he worked as the equivalent of a court marshal, and published an often-cited pamphlet about the chess-playing machine The Turk, Ueber den Schachspieler des Herrn von Kempelen, nebst einer Abbildung und Beschreibung seiner Sprachmachine, which attempted to reveal the secret behind the purported automaton using new illustrations as well as personal observations."
tagline: "German noble"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Friedrich_von_Racknitz_Anton_Graff_um_1790.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1744-11-03"
deathDate: "1818-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.808208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Friedrich_von_Racknitz"
    title: "Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Friedrich_Freiherr_von_Racknitz"
    title: "Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Friedrich_von_Racknitz"
    title: "Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Friedrich_Freiherr_von_Racknitz"
    title: "Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Friedrich_von_Racknitz"
    title: "Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6283257"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump