JOHANN GUTENBURG

BACKGROUND

• Was born on 1395
• Gutenberg's father was a man of good family.
• Very likely the boy was taught to read.
• father being Friele zum Gensfleisch and his mother Elsgen Wyrich
• birthplace “Gutenberg”, was the name he adopted

DEATH

• Johann Gutenberg died in Mainz, Germany in 1468.
• the inventor of the most important invention in history never profited from his
• invention and died in poverty
• He was buried in a Franciscan church

ACCOMPLISHMEMTS

• Between 1450 and 1455, the Gutenberg Bible was completed
• blacksmithing and goldsmithing.
• Gutenberg's masterpiece, and the first book ever printed from movable
• type, is the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible
• mechanical print type machine.

IMPACTS

• Protestant Reformation would not have been possible.
• Gutenberg’s work is the most rare and valuable printed material
• much-faster method of copying books meant t
• empowered millions to learn to read at a much faster pace
• information became faster

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