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Gutenberg

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

noun

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


Gutenberg British  
/ ˈɡuːtənbɛrk, ˈɡuːtənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

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

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

From Barron's

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

From Barron's

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

From Barron's

Béchard offers a very long historical perspective of this phenomenon, starting with Gutenberg, whose invention of movable type — “the ChatGPT of the 1450s,” he asserts — ushered in “the mass production of cheap printed material.”

From Los Angeles Times

“That’s the thing that keeps a lot of this from ultimately being recorded, let alone given a big theatrical release,” said Jeremy Wein, one of the producers behind “Gutenberg! The Musical!”

From Los Angeles Times