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Ottmar Mergenthaler
German-American inventor
Ottmar Mergenthaler (11 May 1854 – 28 October 1899) was a German-Americaninventor who invented the linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses.
This machine revolutionized the art of printing.
Life and career
Mergenthaler was born into a German family in Hachtel, Kingdom of Württemberg.
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He was the third son of a school teacher, Johann Georg Mergenthaler, from Hohenacker near the city of Waiblingen.[1]
He was apprenticed to a watchmaker in Bietigheim before emigrating to the United States in 1872 to work with his cousin August Hahl in Washington, D.C.
Mergenthaler eventually moved with Hahl's shop to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1878, Mergenthaler became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1881, Mergenthaler became Hahl's business partner.[2]
Invention of the Linotype
Main article: Linotype machine § History
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