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Caxton, William
(Wil|liam Cax¦ton)
Pronunciation:
/ˈkakstən/
(
circa
1422–91
)
, the first English printer. He printed the first book in English in 1474 and went on to produce about eighty other texts, including editions of
Le Morte d’Arthur
and
Canterbury Tales
.
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