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Gutenberg

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Gu·ten·berg  (gtn-bûrg), Johann or Johannes 1400?-1468?
German printer who is traditionally considered the inventor of movable type. His Mazarin Bible (c. 1455) is believed to be the first book printed with such type.

Gutenberg [ˈguːtənˌbɜːg (German) ˈguːtənbɛrk]
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(Biographies / Gutenberg, Johann (?1398-1468) M, German, WRITING: printer, TECHNOLOGY: inventor) Johann (joˈhan), original name Johannes Gensfleisch. ?1398-1468, German printer; inventor of printing by movable type
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Noun1.GutenbergGutenberg - German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)


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It was the terror and dazzled amazement of the men of the sanctuary, in the presence of the luminous press of Gutenberg.
 
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