William Caxton ( c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into ...
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Oct 8, 2024 · William Caxton, the first English printer, who, as a translator and publisher, exerted an important influence on English literature.
William Caxton, merchant and England's first printer and publisher. He also imported books into England and was a bookseller.
William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books. Wikipedia
Born: Kent, United Kingdom
Died: March 1492, London, United Kingdom
Notable work: Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye; Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres; Brut Chronicles
Period: Late Plantagenet; early English Renaissance
Resting place: St Margaret's, Westminster
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Caxton was the first English printer and a translator and importer of books into England. Caxton was born in around 1422 in Kent.
William Caxton, an English merchant and diplomat, had recently learned of the new technology of print invented by Johann Gutenberg twenty years before.
May 25, 2024 · Caxton's establishment of the printing press in England helped standardize the English language and promote the use of English in written texts.
Dec 8, 2022 · Caxton became the first person to print books in English for popular consumption, and in so doing, he shaped the nature of English popular literature for years ...
William Caxton (c.1422-c.1491) was an English trader, author and diplomat. He is thought to have been responsible for bringing the printing press to England.
Sep 11, 2023 · This year celebrates the 550th anniversary of the first book printed in the English language, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye (1473-1474) ...
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