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William Caxton

Type Figure Region England Time c. 1422–1492 Also known as William Caxton

England's first printer and an important translator, who completed an English Recuyell of the Troyes History in Bruges and Cologne in the 1470s and s…

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  1. 1471–1475Bruges · BrugesFrom 1471 he began translating the Recuyell of the Troyes History into English in Bruges, and between 1474 and 1475 completed publication of the translation in Cologne with the aid of printing, gaining experience for setting up a press back in England.
  2. 1476–1480Westminster · LondonAfter returning to England in 1476 he set up a press at Westminster, printing in 1477 the first dated English book, The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, and continuing to publish various religious and classical works through 1480.

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