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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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The study was led by Flinders University, working with researchers from ALTIS, Johannes Gutenberg University, and Nord University.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2026

At one point, he introduces us to a late-medieval artisan, Johann Gensfleisch, whom he calls Johann and whom others—including the reader—would call Gutenberg.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

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

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

Where that’s all headed is anybody’s guess, just as it was half a millennium ago, early in the Gutenberg revolution of print.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

The disk’s script was a syllabary with more signs, of more complex form, than the Roman alphabet used by Gutenberg.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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