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   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.

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   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.

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   Dec 8, 2022 · Learn how William Caxton brought the printing press to England and shaped the nature of English popular literature in the late 15th century. Discover his early life, his business ventures, and his influential publications.

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › caxton_williamBBC - History - William Caxton

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   Learn about Caxton's life, career and achievements as a merchant, diplomat, translator and printer. He introduced printing to England in 1476 and published many books in English and other languages.

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   May 25, 2024 · Recognize the effects of William Caxton’s printing press on the development of the English language and British literature.

8. www.biographyonline.net › writers › william-caxtonWilliam Caxton Biography | Biography Online

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   Learn about William Caxton, the first printer in England and a translator of Chaucer and Malory. Find out how he brought the printing press to England and influenced the English language and literature.

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   How did William Caxton influence the English language?

   • Instead, the English language survived and eventually flourished in the late Middle Ages. The future of the English language was further ensured with the arrival of William Caxton and the printing press in England. View a video mini-lecture on Caxton to learn about Caxton’s influence on the English language.

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   Who was William Caxton?

   • "Caxton, William (1415x24–1492), printer, merchant, and diplomat". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/4963. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 22 December 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Blake, Norman Francis (1976). Caxton: England's First Publisher.

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   What did William Caxton do in 1469?

   • William Caxton showing the first page from his printing press to King Edward IV. In that period Caxton’s interests were turning to literature. In March 1469 he had begun to translate Raoul Le Fèvre’s Recueil des histoires de Troye, which he laid aside and did not finish until September 19, 1471.

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   Why did William Caxton adopt the printing press?

   • William Caxton adopted the printing press as a money-making venture. William Caxton was born somewhere in Kent sometime between 1415 and 1424. As the Dictionary of National Biography entry on him indicates, very little is known about his early years, his family, and his education.

   William Caxton: The First Printer of English Literature

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   Did William Caxton sell the Canterbury Tales?

   • Page from “The Canterbury Tales,” by Geoffrey Chaucer, printed at Westminster by William Caxton, 1477. At first, it proved a bit hard for Caxton to sell these books. There was no market for English books on the continent, and the English market was still mostly interested in buying manuscripts rather than printed texts.

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   Why did Pierpont Morgan choose Caxton over Gutenberg?

   • Pierpont Morgan favored Caxton over Gutenberg as a founder of printing and strove to acquire a premiere collection of his work. The Morgan has the third largest collection of Caxtons in the world, preserved for their literary, linguistic, and historical significance.

   William Caxton and the Birth of English Printing

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    Sep 20, 2015 · William Caxton, an English merchant and diplomat, had recently learned of the new technology of print invented by Johann Gutenberg twenty years before, and Caxton capitalized on the commercial opportunity offered by this revolutionary invention.