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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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It is no coincidence that humanity shot forward when Gutenberg invented his printing press.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 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

They were Charles Richter and Beno Gutenberg, though for reasons that have nothing to do with fairness the scale became known almost at once as Richter’s alone.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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