Johann Gutenberg also known as Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden Gutenberg was an amazing, German man in the world of science. He is well known for the invention of the printing press, but he was also a blacksmith, goldsmith, and publisher. He developed many items in the 1400’s such as the use of oil-based ink and printed several books.
Most of Johann Gutenberg’s early life is a mystery, but we do know some information about him. He was born in 1398 in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg was the youngest son of his father (Friele Gensfleisch zur Laden) and his father’s second wife (Else Wyrich). Johann’s father was an upper-class merchant (this meant he made lots of money). Johann’s father was a great dad and taught him many things including how to read; because of his father’s wealth his father was able to buy him many manuscripts (similar to books).
Gutenberg became upset that only wealthy people could afford manuscripts, so he created a workshop in Strasburg, where he moved. He chose a building where monks once lived so nobody would know what he was up to because he figured it’s best if his neighbors had no idea what he was doing. …show more content…
Gutenberg told Fust how hard he had been working to make books available to everyone, and he now had no money (he didn’t have money because he never mentioned what he was doing to his father). Fust became very interested so he gave Gutenberg the money he needed to continue his experiment. With the money Fust gave Gutenberg he made blocks of wood with single letters that he could put together in any order to make words and rearrange them for the next page, but the letters did not always come out clearly. Gutenberg did the same thing, but with metal blocks instead, this worked much better. With his new invention he was almost done with the first ever-printed book, the Bible in Latin, by moveable
Most of Johann Gutenberg’s early life is a mystery, but we do know some information about him. He was born in 1398 in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg was the youngest son of his father (Friele Gensfleisch zur Laden) and his father’s second wife (Else Wyrich). Johann’s father was an upper-class merchant (this meant he made lots of money). Johann’s father was a great dad and taught him many things including how to read; because of his father’s wealth his father was able to buy him many manuscripts (similar to books).
Gutenberg became upset that only wealthy people could afford manuscripts, so he created a workshop in Strasburg, where he moved. He chose a building where monks once lived so nobody would know what he was up to because he figured it’s best if his neighbors had no idea what he was doing. …show more content…
Gutenberg told Fust how hard he had been working to make books available to everyone, and he now had no money (he didn’t have money because he never mentioned what he was doing to his father). Fust became very interested so he gave Gutenberg the money he needed to continue his experiment. With the money Fust gave Gutenberg he made blocks of wood with single letters that he could put together in any order to make words and rearrange them for the next page, but the letters did not always come out clearly. Gutenberg did the same thing, but with metal blocks instead, this worked much better. With his new invention he was almost done with the first ever-printed book, the Bible in Latin, by moveable