# Johannes Gutenberg Goldsmith and printer of Mainz (c. 1400–1468) who developed the European [[Printing Press]] with movable metal type around 1440–1450. The Bible printed in his Mainz shop and completed around 1454–1455 is the first major book printed with movable type in Europe. He lost control of his business to his financial backer, Johann Fust, in a 1455 lawsuit, an early case of the inventor of a medium not being the one who profits from it. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to support the [[Media Timeline]]. ## See also - [[Printing Press]] - [[Media Timeline]]