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William Caxton (* um 1422 in der Grafschaft Kent; † 1491 in Westminster) war der erste englische Buchdrucker und zugleich als Verleger und Übersetzer tätig. Er gilt als bedeutender Bildner und Reformer der englischen Sprache , da er, am Übergang vom Mittelenglischen zum Neuenglischen , in seinen Drucken und Übersetzungen aus ...
William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, and as a printer to be the first English retailer of printed books.
William Caxton (born c. 1422, Kent, England—died 1491, London) was the first English printer, who, as a translator and publisher, exerted an important influence on English literature. In 1438 he was apprenticed to Robert Large, a rich mercer, who in the following year became lord mayor of London.
William Caxton, c.1472 © Caxton was the first English printer and a translator and importer of books into England. Caxton was born in around 1422 in Kent. He went to London at the age of 16 to...
By Kathryn Walton. Twenty-five years after the printing press was invented, it was brought to England by a successful merchant called William Caxton. Caxton became the first person to print books in English for popular consumption, and in so doing, he shaped the nature of English popular literature for years to come.
20. Sept. 2015 · William Caxton and the Birth of English Printing celebrates this foundational moment in the history of English literature and language. Caxton published key works of English literature, such as Chaucer and Malory, as well as short religious and didactic texts, many of which he translated from French or Latin.
29. Mai 2018 · English printer, editor, and translator, who introduced PRINTING to England in 1476, and published the first printed editions of CHAUCER, Lydgate, Gower, and Malory. He was in Bruges in the Low Countries in 1450, where he became a leader of the English community and protégé of Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy.
