Gutenberg, Johannes
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![Posthumous portrait of Gutenberg. No contemporary depictions survive.[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://zoomviewer.toolforge.org/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi/?iiif=cache%2F33bb02ae1c1712d9752bccb9dc9c4ba4.tif/full/,340/0/native.jpg "Posthumous portrait of Gutenberg. No contemporary depictions survive.[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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between January 1, 1394 and December 31, 1399 in Mainz
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†February 3, 1468 in Mainz
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Buchdrucker
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Mainz
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![Posthumous portrait of Gutenberg. No contemporary depictions survive.[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gutenberg.jpg "Posthumous portrait of Gutenberg. No contemporary depictions survive.[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Coat of arms of the Gensfleisch family, from the Register of Fiefs of Frederick I (1461)[9] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gensfleisch_family_coat_of_arms.png "Coat of arms of the Gensfleisch family, from the Register of Fiefs of Frederick I (1461)[9] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![An early wooden printing press, depicted in 1568. Such presses could produce up to 240 impressions per hour.[47] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Printer_in_1568-ce.png "An early wooden printing press, depicted in 1568. Such presses could produce up to 240 impressions per hour.[47] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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