In memory of
Johannes Gutenberg
Goldsmith who brought printing with movable type to Europe
- Born
- Died
- Resting place
- Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate — his grave is lost, Germany
Gutenberg combined movable metal type, an oil-based ink and a modified wine press into a system that could produce books in quantity. His forty-two-line Bible of about 1455 is still regarded as one of the finest books ever printed.
He lost his workshop in a lawsuit to his financier and died with little. He was buried in a Franciscan church in Mainz that was later demolished; the grave has never been found, and the city marks him with a museum and a square instead.
This page was written by the site, from public historical records.