biography
pronunciation:
[pinson]
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–1530)
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| biography:
| Printer, born in Normandy, NW France. He studied at the University of Paris, learned printing in Normandy, and practised his trade in England. In 1497 his edition of the Latin poet Terence appeared, the first classic to be printed in London. He became printer to Henry VIII (1508), and introduced roman type in England (1509). |
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