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Gutenberg

American

[goot-n-burg, goot-n-berk] / ˈgut nˌbɜrg, ˈgut nˌbɛrk /

noun

Johannes Johann Gensfleisch, c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.

Gutenberg British

/ ˈɡuːtənbɛrk, ˈɡuːtənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

Johann (joˈhan), original name Johannes Gensfleisch. ?1398–1468, German printer; inventor of printing by movable type

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It enabled trillion-dollar industries, upended retail and media, and democratized access to information on a scale unseen since the Gutenberg press.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Then Gutenberg came along with a press and Black was out of work.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

There are many older works that are worth reading, of course, and Shakespeare, Ulysses, Anna Karenina, Frankenstein, and Mrs Dalloway can all be found on Project Gutenberg.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

Now, by using past climate information from annually resolved tree rings over two millennia, scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have shown how exceptional the summer of 2023 was.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

“You created the Gutenberg Bibles on your printing press!” gushed Sierra.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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