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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 (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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   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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   How did William Caxton influence English literature?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. 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.

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   How did Caxton contribute to the English language?

   • The website includes both the podcast and a written text. Caxton’s establishment of the printing press in England helped standardize the English language and promote the use of English in written texts. The Folger Shakespeare Library provides a video demonstration of an early modern printing press.

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   How many books did William Caxton print?

   • The first English printer, William Caxton (1422-1491), printed a total of about 100 different works. He also translated some 24 books, all but one of which he printed. William Caxton said that he was born in the Weald of Kent, but his exact birthplace is unknown. In 1438 he became an apprentice to a prominent London mercer, Robert Large.

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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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   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...

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   Dec 8, 2022 · 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.

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   May 29, 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.

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    May 25, 2024 · In 1476, Caxton set up a printing press in the vicinity of Westminster Abbey and began to print books, some in Latin as had been traditional, but Caxton also printed books in English. Because there was no standardization in English spelling, Caxton’s choices often became the standard.

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    William Caxton (1420 – 1492) was a printer, diplomat, writer and merchant. He is credited with bringing the first printing presses to English and becoming one of the first booksellers in English.