biography
| name: |
Janszoon, Laurens
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also called Laurens Coster
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1370–c.1440)
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| biography:
| Dutch official, sacristan (Koster) of the Grote Kerk of Haarlem, credited by some with the invention of printing before Gutenberg. He is said to have printed as early as 1430, but no evidence exists to support the claim, first made over 100 years after his death. |
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