John Gutenberg

1400–1468
Invented printing press. Made improvements over many years on types, inks and methods.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
John Gutenberg and the Invention of Printing  in	Great Inventors and Their Inventions  by  Frank P. Bachman
First Printer  in	Thirty More Famous Stories Retold  by  James Baldwin
John Gutenberg and the Voices  in	Thirty More Famous Stories Retold  by  James Baldwin
What Gutenberg did for Liberty  in	The Story of Liberty  by  Charles C. Coffin
Gutenberg  in	Famous Men of the Middle Ages  by  John H. Haaren
End of the Middle Ages  in	The Story of the Middle Ages  by  Samuel B. Harding
John Gutenberg Invents Printing  in	European Hero Stories  by  Eva March Tappan

Image Links
Beginnings of Type Casting  in Great Inventors and Their Inventions	Gutenberg Examining Proof  in Great Inventors and Their Inventions	Suddenly from among the types two voices were heard  in Thirty More Famous Stories Retold
Gutenberg at work  in Famous Men of the Middle Ages	John Gutenberg  in European Hero Stories	Gutenberg's House. (At Strasburg, Germany)  in European Hero Stories
Gutenberg Showing His First Proof  in European Hero Stories