Johannes Gutenberg - German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden Gutenberg
Birthplace
Mainz, Electorate of Mainz
Died
Nationality
German
Occupation
Engraver, inventor, and printer
Known for
The invention of the movable-type printing press
Gutenberg, Johannes
(1397–1468) German printer, supposedly the first European to print with movable type (c. 1436). [Ger. Hist.: NCE, 1166]See: FirstsAcronymsSeeJOGU
Johannes Gutenberg
noun
Synonyms for Johannes Gutenberg
noun German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)