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- Birth nameJohannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg
- Johannes Gutenberg was born in 1398 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He died on February 3, 1468 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Gutenberg was born between 1394 and 1404 in Hof Gutenberg, Mainz am Rhein, Germany. He invented print-technology and was the first and most popular inventor of the information-technology.
- Devised a system of printing with movable metal-type, which replaced hand-copying as the principle method of book production. The Gutenberg Bible, produced between 1452 and 1456 was the first ever machine-printed book.
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