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Gianbattista Bodoni
Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)
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William Bradford
United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)
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William Caxton
English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
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Benjamin Franklin
printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
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Frederic William Goudy
United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947)
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Johannes Gutenberg
German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)