Andreas Friedrich Bauer

Inventor

1783 – 1860

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Who was Andreas Friedrich Bauer?

Andreas Friedrich Bauer was a German engineer who developed the first functional steam-powered printing press with his colleague Friedrich Koenig, who had invented the technology and sold it to The Times in London in 1814.

Born in Stuttgart, Bauer joined Koenig in 1817 to found Koenig & Bauer at the Oberzell monastery near Würzburg.

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Born
Aug 18, 1783
Stuttgart
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Dec 27, 1860
Würzburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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