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1837–1903, American librarian, b. Boston. Cutter cataloged the library of the Harvard Divinity School and in 1860 was appointed as the assistant to ...
(g ´t nb rg, Ger. y ´hän g ´t nb rk) (KEY) , c.1397–1468, German inventor and printer, long credited with the invention of a method of printing ...
(y ´hän foust) (KEY) , d. 1466?, printer at Mainz. Johann Gutenberg borrowed substantial sums of money from Fust, a goldsmith, lawyer, and money len...
1860–1939, American librarian and bibliographer, b. Woburn, Mass. He was assistant librarian at Amherst (1879–80), librarian and professor of bibl...
1869–1954, American botanist and agricultural explorer, b. East Lansing, Mich. He entered the service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, where he org...
(both: n kôlä´ zhäNsôN´) (KEY) , d. c.1480, Venetian printer, b. France. Jenson studied printing with Gutenberg at Mainz for three years. He was...