A German blacksmith named Johannes Gutenberg was known for inventing the mechanical moveable type printing press. Gutenberg’s printing press is considered the most important invention of the modern era because it profoundly impacted the transmission of knowledge. Invented around 1439‚ initiated nothing less than a revolution in print technology. His scripts allowed manuscripts to be massed produced at relatively affordable costs. It allowed the mass printing of ideas and greatly aided education
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Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg‚ more commonly known as Johannes Gutenberg‚ was a man of the Renaissance. Johannes was born in approximately 1400 in Mainz‚ Germany into an upper-class family. His father was named Friele Gensfleisch zur Laden. According to some‚ he was a goldsmith for the bishop at Mainz‚ but most believe he was involved in the cloth trade. Johannes did many things to help the Renaissance times‚ and also to help us today. He invented the Printing Press and was also a
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Since the creation of the first printing press in the fifthteenth century by Johannes Gutenberg‚ printing has come a long way with modern printers able to print thousands of books in a matter of days. The first form of printing that is known of appeared in China in something called block printing. Block printing was the transfer of ink to paper from carvings of characters in small wooden blocks and was used on playing cards and paper money (Kreis‚ Steven). The first movable type was also created
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Johannes Gutenberg was born around the year of 1398 in Mainz‚ Germany. He was the third son of Freile zum Gensfleisch and Else Wirick zum Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg was an inventor‚ publisher‚ blacksmith and goldsmith. Johannes Gutenberg attended the university of Erfurt. During the early 1430s he moved to Strasbourg‚ where he began getting interested in printing and trying new things to create something new. In the year of 1430 Johannes Gutenberg started working on his invention‚ the printing
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Johannes Gutenberg has been regarded as one of the most influential and innovative figures in all of human history. Much of what has happened since his life has been thanks in some part to him; the fall of serfdom‚ the landed gentry‚ education of the masses and many social movements. The Protestant Reformation would have likely fizzled out if it had not been for the affordable and easily produced literature that spread Martin Luther’s word. It is rather surprising to learn that‚ despite this major
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Columbus‚ Gutenberg‚ and Copernicus influenced western cultures in many ways. Although all of these men had a significate influenced on the western culture‚ this learner believes that Johannes Gutenberg had one of the greatest impacts that change the way individuals communicate. In today’s society individuals may think or look at this invention as neither here nor there‚ but it is one of the greatest inventions of all times. According to Biography.com “German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed
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Printing Press and a Changing World The Development of Print Technology In the mid-15th century Johannes Gutenberg invented a mechanical way of making books. This was the first example of mass book production. In his workshop‚ he brings together the technologies of paper (brought from China to Italy in the 12th)‚ oil-based ink (these had been around since the 10th century) and the wine-press (screw-type press that had been in use for hundreds of years‚ throughout Europe and Asia) to print books
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Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg should be considered in the top 100 most influential people of all time because he has shown many qualities of service and internationalism. Since he invented the movable type printing press‚ people brought newspapers and bibles into our life. Many people learned how to read because many more books were printed. Gutenberg benefited many people because people didn’t have to keep writing books over and over again‚ they could just print it and spend their
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Johannes Brahms was born on May 7‚ 1833‚ in Hamburg‚ which is the second largest city in Germany. Brahms was known for being a composer of romantic music. He started playing piano at an early age‚ and he used his gift to "[help] to supplement the rather meager family income by playing the piano in restaurants and theaters‚ as well as by teaching" (Johannes Brahms). His piano teachers were Otto Cossel and Eduard Marxsen. At a young age he gave some public concerts in Hamburg. Though he was not
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Johannes Brahms was a German Composer‚ Pianist and conductor of the 19th century or the Romantic period. He was one of the 3 B?s or the Big three: Bach‚ Beethoven and Brahms. Johannes was a very self-critic man he burned many of his pieces before he could get anyone?s opinion on them and he burned all of his compositions that he wrote before the age of 19. Johannes Brahms was born on Tuesday 7th may 1833‚ in the city of Hamburg the birthplace also of Mendelssohn. Johann Brahms was himself a musician
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