GUTENBERG GENZFLJAJSH JOHANN

(a sort. Between 1394-1399 or in 1406 - mind. In 1468)

the Great German inventor who has developed technical bases of publishing (has invented the press from type-setting letters, the tool for casting of letters, a typographical alloy, has designed a press, etc.), the founder of the first printing house. The jeweller, the engraver, the carver on a stone.

One of the most remarkable people ever living on the Earth, it is possible to consider German inventor Johann Gutenberg by right. Not so long ago the book was published in the USA ' One thousand years - one thousand people ' which sums up the past millenium. Many long years its authors - two American journalists - conducted conversations with outstanding scientists and artists, and as a result have decided to present the list of those people who, in their opinion, has most affected development of mankind both in positive, and in an uncooperative altitude. Heads the list from thousand names not who other, as first printer Johann Gutenberg! The person who was at the beginnings second (after writing occurrence) information revolution - publishing. Separate stages of polygraphic process were known for a long time, long before Gutenberg but to make revolution in the information world, the rational, optimum technology was necessary. And ingenious Johann Gutenberg became the creator of this technology.

The City with which its first years of a life are connected, lay on the left coast of Rhine, opposite to a place where Main runs into it. On this river it also has been named - Mainz. The city life was in many respects defined by navigation across Rhine - ' to the main street ' the German earths which conducted from Switzerland to the Netherlands. Here reigned kurfjurst, here bought and sold, learnt and studied, and not too was cities where has collected as much books much, how many they were in Mainz. Its inhabitants considered hot, quick-tempered and thoughtless, and the biggest holiday of Christian Europe since 1184 named ' the Trinity on Mainz '. Here, in Mainz, between 1394 and 1406 in a family of one of respectable townspeople the future inventor of publishing Johann Gutenberg also was born.

Unfortunately, has not remained any document in which exact date of its birth would be fixed. For celebrating of anniversaries round date has been accepted - 1400 the 600 anniversary from the date of Johann Gutenberg's birth marked in 2000 Hypothetically have established even day of its birth - on June, 24th, ' Ivanov day '. In a family Gutenberg there was an old tradition to name the first-born on the father, and the second son - by name sacred which memory was celebrated by church in birthday.

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