23 January 2019 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
Reading Time: 7 minutes
Gutenberg Bible – Lenox Copy – New York Public Library © flickr.com – NYC Wanderer (Kevin Eng)/cc-by-sa-2.0
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a
German blacksmith,
goldsmith,
inventor,
printer, and
publisher who introduced
printing to Europe with the printing press. His introduction of mechanical
movable type printing to Europe started the
Printing Revolution and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the
modern period of human history. It played a key role in the development of the
Renaissance,
Reformation, the
Age of Enlightenment, and the
scientific revolution and laid the material basis for the modern
knowledge-based economy and the
spread of learning to the masses.
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