made the movable type printer
he made a 42 line Bible "the gutenburg bible"
born in the german city Mainz
died february 3, 1468 in mainz
he was german
in 1436 he began working on his printing press
completed wooden press in 1440
sets up printing shop in 1444 in mainz
he printed indulgences
after he died, printing became famous in over 2500 cities in europe
made his press with metal alloy and oil based inks
he was born to a wealthy patrician family
gutenburg's parents were goldsmiths and coin minters
johann fust gave gutenburg eight hundred guilders so he could do his work but gutenburg could not pay him back
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