Laurens Janszoon Coster

Inventor

1370 – 1440

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Who was Laurens Janszoon Coster?

Laurens Janszoon Coster, or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the name of a purported inventor of a printing press from Haarlem. He discovered printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg and is regarded in the Netherlands as having invented printing first.

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Born
1370
Haarlem
Lived in
  • Haarlem
Died
1440

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on July 23, 2013

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