Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen was a writer, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1734 to 1804 · aged 70
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25 languages
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