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Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's invention of the printing press enabled a much faster rate of printing. The printing press later spread across the world, and led to an information revolution and the unprecedented mass-spread of literature throughout Europe. It had a profound impact on the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, and humanist movements.
science · German inventor and craftsman (c. 1393–1406 – 1468) · also Johannes Gutenberg, Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden, Johann Gutenberg, Johann Gensfleisch zur Laden, Johannes Gutenburg, Henne Gutenburg
Born 1400 · Died 3 February 1468 · Q8958
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Died 1468-02-03.
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Born 1400-00-00.
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