Johannes Gutenberg

My biography is about an inventor named Johannes Gutenberg which is short for Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg was born in the year of 1395 in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg's nationality was German. He was born in a modest family. I do know he had siblings, but I could not find any information about their names or anything else. Gutenberg was the third son of Freile zum Gensfleisch and Else Wirick zum Gutenberg which was his father's second wife. He got the name Gutenberg by adopting it from his step mother later in his life. There is very little information recorded from Gutenberg's early life, but local records indicate he worked as a goldsmith while he still lived in Mainz. When a revolt happened in Mainz…

Printing started off way back long ago. The was introduced in Europe by Johannes Gutenberg which is a goldsmith by profession around the year 1436. His press has made many contribution to the modern world and the world of typography. He has made printing easier , cheaper and faster compared to the traditional woodblock printing process. During his time he made a hand mould to create metal movable type. This has helped printing to be more efficient. There are a few significant contribution from…

education institutes, and the extremely rich had books. It was a painstaking process to create a book because one had to measure and outline the page and then copy the text from another book. The invention of the printing press in 1445 by Johannes Gutenberg allowed for more books to be reproduced at a much quicker rate and for them and their information to be spread to people all over the world (Head). The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg had a lasting impact on the spread…

The Renaissance brought many inventions to life, but one of the greatest creation is the print and press created by Johannes Gutenberg. Johannes was born in Mainz, Germany in 1395. Before his creation of the the print and press, he printed cards, pictures, designs, and patterns on clothes. Gutenberg never married nor did he have kids, his life was surrounded around his business. His printing experience started in 1438, created the press in 1440, and printed the 42-Line Bible in 1454-1455.…

In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented a new type of movable print- the printing press. Gutenberg was a goldsmith born in Mainz in 1397, and went on to develop his press in the Holy Roman Empire. He saw the printing press as a financial opportunity, due to the high cost of books at the time. Prior to his groundbreaking invention, knowledge was very much limited to the royalty or the religious order because attaining access to any sort of literature was a painstaking task. In order to have a copy…

Johannes Gutenberg was the man who created the movable-typewriter, this invention changed many people's lives, for example this made the books cheaper to buy and also it helped people get more knowledge. When craftsman revolt erupted in Mainz against all noble family Johann’s family was killed, after that moment Johannes traveled to what is now Strasbourg, France, where he began his experiments with printing. Already knowing how to bookmaking, he perfected small metal types, each type was made…

Do you ever wonder what you would do without a printer? We didn’t always have advanced technology like we do nowadays, which made activities harder to complete. Throughout the centuries more machines and gadgets were invented, some stood out more than others. The printing press helped us humans evolve. The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenberg was born in Mainz, Germany in the year 1395. He started working with printing by 1438. With financial help from Johann Fust,…

have all changed the world dramatically. With all of these inventions comes something bigger and greater and we have all benefited from the inventions. The printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439 is one invention that has changed the world the most. In this paper, I will discuss and defend why the printing press was the most useful invention and still is to this day. I will discuss how the printing press was made and how it has changed the world through centuries. The literacy…

With their new found productive skills, they started to invent. A German man, by the name of Johannes Gutenberg, invented the printing press. The German goldsmith's fifteenth century commitment to the innovation of technology was revolutionary. This empowered books to be made in mass productions and allowed fast distribution of learning all through Europe. Nonetheless, the historical backdrop of printing starts much sooner than Gutenberg's breakthrough. Gutenberg’s idea was never to replace the…

evolved. This change is often compared to when humans discovered iron which ended the Neolithic Era (new stone age) and entered the Age of Empire (also known as the Iron Age). Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press that revolutionized society by making books readily cheaper and available during the Renaissance period when there was a pressure on the members of society to purse higher education…