Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (circa1398 –3 Februar,1468), aGerman metal-warker aninventor that's weel-kent for his contreibutions ti the technology oprentin in the1450s, sic as atype metal alloy an ile-based inks, a mould for castin type accurate, an a new kind oprentin press foondit on presses uised in wine-makkin. Tradeition credits him wi inventinmuivable type inEurope, a betterment o the block prentin uised there afore. By jyning thir elements intil a production seistem, he stairtit the swith prentin o written materials an an information explosion inRenaissance Europe.
There's monie statues o Gutenberg in Germany, ane o the mair kenspeckle bein a wark biThorvaldsen, in Mainz, that is hame tae theGutenberg Museum forby.
