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Born c.1400 • Mainz • Germany
Died October 30, 1466 • Paris • France
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg
German printer
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William Morris
British artist and author
William Caxton
William Caxton
English printer, translator, and publisher
British publisher Robert Maxwell in a suit and patterned tie, seated and looking to his right, 1991.
Robert Maxwell
Czechoslovak-born British publisher
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Henri II Estienne
French scholar and printer
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Aldus Manutius
Italian printer
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Robert Foulis
Scottish printer
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Isaiah Thomas
American journalist
Title page to the Biblia, showing olive-tree motif adopted as Estienne family emblem, 1532
Robert I Estienne
French scholar and printer
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Daniel Berkeley Updike
American printer and publisher
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Aldus Manutius the Younger
Italian printer
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Pierre Attaingnant
French music printer
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Edward Blount
English publisher
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Wynkyn de Worde
English printer
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Geoffroy Tory
French printer
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Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
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Johann Froben
Swiss printer
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Axel Springer
German publisher
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Johann Elert Bode
German astronomer
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Daniel MacMillan
Scottish publisher