William Caxton

English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer

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Born: 1422
Died: 1491
Works: 181

Top works

Here begynneth the Hystorye of reinard the Foxe ...
[Reynard the foxe.]
[Eneydos
Foure sonnes of Aymon
Chronicles of England

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Listeners: 11
Total plays: 78

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5 total works indexed

VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,508x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,873x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,978x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x

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Quotes

“And thus love is founded otherwhile upon good prouffitable and this love endureth as longe as he seeth his prouffit. And herof men saye a comyn proverbe in England that love lasteth as longe as the money endureth and whan the money faylleth than there is no love.”
“The worshipful fader and first foundeur and enbelissher of ornate eloquence in our Englissh. I mene Maister Geffrey Chaucer.”
“He that wil wynne he muste laboure and aventure.”
“Al these thynges consydered, there can no man resonably gaynsaye but there was a kyng of thys lande named Arthur. For in al places, Crysten and hethen, he is reputed and taken for one of the nine worthy, and the fyrst of the thre Crysten men.”

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Key facts

Born: c. 1422
Died: c. 1491 (aged c. 68–69 )
Resting place: St Margaret's, Westminster
Occupation: Merchant diplomat writer printer
Period: Late Plantagenet early English Renaissance
Notable work: Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres Brut Chronicles

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Commons category: William Caxton
date of birth: 1422-00-00
date of death: 1491-01-01
P13311: Edward Frenkel
Commons Creator page: William Caxton

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Printer's mark of William Caxton, 1478. A variant of the merchant's mark 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.

His parentage and date of birth are not known for certain, but he may have been born between 1415 and 1424, perhaps in the Weald or wood land of Kent, perhaps in Hadlow or Tenterden. In 1438 he was apprenticed to Robert Large, a wealthy London silk mercer.