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Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg
( ; 1398 – February 3, 1468) was a
German
blacksmith
,
goldsmith
,
printer
, and
publisher
who introduced
printing
to Europe. His introduction of mechanical
movable type
printing to Europe started the
Printing Revolution
and is widely regarded as the most important invention of the second millennium, the seminal event which ushered in the
modern period
of human history. It played a key role in the development of the
Renaissance
,
Reformation
, the
Age of Enlightenment
, and the
scientific revolution
and laid the material basis for the modern
knowledge-based economy
and the
spread of learning to the masses
.
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