William Schlumberger
William Schlumberger
William Schlumberger was a European chess master. He is known to have taught Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant to play chess and as the operator of The Turk, a chess-playing machine which was purported to be an automaton. It was Bavarian musician and showman Johann Nepomuk Mälzel who hired him to operate The Turk. Schlumberger acted as the Turk's director in Europe and in the United States until his death from yellow fever in 1838.
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Date of Birth
January 1st, 1800
Age
225
Date of Death
April 1st, 1838
Died Aged
38
Star Sign
Capricorn
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