GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Johann Gutenberg
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Elizabethan Age
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Renaissance Man
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is Johannes Gutenberg known for? Johannes Gutenberg is known for having designed and built the first known mechanized printing press in Europe. In 1455 he used it to print the Gutenberg Bible, which is one of the earliest books in the world to be printed from movable type.
Detailed explanation-2: -The printing press, invented by German goldsmith Johann Gutenberg in 1448, has been called one of the most important inventions in the history of humankind.
Detailed explanation-3: -Printing with movable metal type was first introduced to Europe in the mid-15th-century Germany by a visionary goldsmith and businessman, Johann Gutenberg (d. 1468). Prior to that time, books were written and copied manually, a labor which took many months.