Ottaviano Petrucci

Ottaviano Petrucci

male, deceased (1539)
from the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, Printer of incunabula, Publisher of sheet music, Music print publisher, movabletype, printing press
Ottaviano Petrucci (June 18, 1466 - May 7 1539) was an Italian printer. Petrucci is credited with producing, in 1501, the first book of sheet music...
Wynkyn de Worde

Wynkyn de Worde

male, deceased (1534)
Wœrth, Printer of incunabula, from Alsace, printing press, alsace, English…movabletype, italic type
Wynkyn de Worde (originally Jan van Wynkyn was a printer and publisher known for his work with William Caxton, and is recognised as the first to...
Firmin Didot

Firmin Didot

male, deceased (1836)
French, Printer, movabletype, typographer, engraver, corbeil
Firmin Didot was a French printer, engraver, and type founder. He invented the word "stereotype", which in printing refers to the metal printing...
Xu Bing

Xu Bing

male, 54 years old
A Book from the Sky, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin, Cultural Revolution, The Glassy Surface of a Lake, Central Academy of Fine Art…movabletype
Xu Bing (b. 1955) is a China|Chinese-born artist, resident in the United States since 1987. Born in Chongqing, Xu grew up in Beijing. In 1975, near...
Aelius Donatus

Aelius Donatus

male
blockbook, Ancient linguist, Late antique Latin writer, movabletype, Diomêdês, Latin grammarian
Aelius Donatus (fl. late 4th century AD) was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. The only fact known regarding his life is that he was the...
Brooks Atkinson

Brooks Atkinson

male, deceased (1984)
Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard University alumni, Attack on Pearl Harbor, New York Times, The New York Times, Harvard University…movabletype
Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894 - January 14, 1984) was the theater critic for "The New York Times" from 1925 to 1960. In his obituary, the...
Ibrahim Muteferrika

Ibrahim Muteferrika

male, deceased (1742)
İbrahim Müteferrika, The Mirror of the World, Hungarian converts to Islam, Ottoman political, Publisher, movabletype…type
Ibrahim Muteferrika or İbrahim Müteferrika. Muteferrika's press published its first book in 1729, and, by 1743, issued 17 works in 23 volumes (e...