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Why Is Johannes Gutenberg Important

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Johannes Gutenberg was a German inventor and writer. He was born in Mainz, Germany in 1395. In 1428 his family was forced to move to Strasbourg, France. It was here that he began to experiment with printing.

Johannes already had experience with making books so the idea of printing them was nothing new to him. He perfected the movable type which had already been used in Asia hundreds of years before, but Gutenberg's way of doing things made it a lot easier. After finding a way to make the printer he moved back to Mainz to open a printing shop.

Gutenberg borrowed tools and other things that he needed to operate his printer from a local financer by the name of Johann Fust. A couple of years later Gutenberg was in debt to Fust and couldn’t
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