---
_id: cni00036072
data:
actDates:
- end: 1492
lang: eng
text: 14..-1492
actNote:
- intro: acti
lang: eng
text: Mercer and printer in Bruges
- intro: acti
lang: eng
text: Printer and bookseller in Bruges and Westminster
- authority: sswd
intro: acti
lang: ger
text: 'Personen zu Buchwissenschaft, Buchhandel (2.2p)'
uri: http://d-nb.info/standards/vocab/gnd/gnd-sc#2.2p
- authority: gnd
intro: acti
lang: ger
text: Buchdrucker
uri: http://d-nb.info/gnd/4146801-6
- authority: gnd
intro: acti
lang: ger
text: Verleger
uri: http://d-nb.info/gnd/4138343-6
- authority: gnd
intro: acti
lang: ger
text: Übersetzer
uri: http://d-nb.info/gnd/4061414-1
bioDates:
- end: 1491
lang: ger
start: 1422
text: 1422-1491. abweichendes Geburtsjahr 1420
extDataset:
- code: WIKI
searchTerm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton
typeOfResource: info
- code: WDAT
note:
- lang: eng
text: Wikidata description set
searchTerm: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q94608
typeOfResource: same
- code: NLDT
note:
- lang: eng
text: Authority record
searchTerm: http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/pwilc:11
typeOfResource: same
- code: LINK
note:
- lang: ger
text: Porträt William Caxton
rights: 'This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0'
searchTerm: https://portal.dnb.de/bookviewer/view/1163037478/img/page/1/p.jpg
typeOfResource: dpct
- code: LINK
note:
- lang: ger
text: Porträt William Caxton
rights: 'This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0'
searchTerm: https://portal.dnb.de/bookviewer/view/1163037362/img/page/1/p.jpg
typeOfResource: dpct
- code: LINK
note:
- lang: ger
text: Porträt William Caxton
rights: 'This image from the German Museum of Books and Writing collection "Portraits of printers, editors, book dealers and book binders" is freely available under CC0 1.0'
searchTerm: https://portal.dnb.de/bookviewer/view/1163037516/img/page/1/p.jpg
typeOfResource: dpct
extResource:
- display: McKerrow
note:
- lang: eng
text: Click here to display McKerrow's remark on the transfer of this printer's devices
url: http://base.kb.dk/manus_pub/cv/manus/ManusPage.xsql?nnoc=manus_pub&p_ManusId=212&p_PageNo=167&p_Lang=main
- display: Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries
note:
- lang: eng
text: Click here to see the watermarks of paper used by this printer.
url: 'http://watermark.kb.nl/search/advanced?onpageList=20&sortList=title&advanced[0][select]=creator&advanced[0][value]=Caxton,+William&advanced[0][logic]=AND&submit=Search&counter=1'
external:
- auth: DkKoKB
country: DK
date: 20051108
id: 74
- auth: NL-HaKB
country: NL
date: 20080222
id: wilc:11
- auth: GND
catRules: rda
country: DE
date: 20200519
id: 118667572
- auth: GND
catRules: rda
country: DE
date: 20220602
id: 118667572
foundIn:
- McKerrow
- STC
- WILC
- 'LMA,II,1596/97'
- M
- M
- 'Rep.Font. III,210'
- 'LMA,II,1596/97'
- 'Rep.Font. III,210'
gender: b
generalNote:
- lang: eng
text: Printer in Bruges (1473?-1476) and then in Westminster (1476-1491)
- lang: eng
text: His Westminster printing material and premises passed to his former assistant Wynkyn de Worde (1492)
- lang: eng
text: Caxton was also an author and translator of material for his press
- lang: ger
text: The Cronicles of England (usque ad coronationem Eduardi IV regis); Englischer Pionier des Buchdrucks
geoNote:
- intro: geon
lang: ger
text: Großbritannien
- authority: iso3166
intro: geon
lang: und
text: GB
heading:
- part:
- entry: Caxton
- firstname: William
usedBy:
- GyFmDB
- NeHKB (WILC)
name:
- part:
- entry: Caxton
- firstname: Guillaume
typeOfName: varn
- part:
- entry: Caxton-Belloc
typeOfName: varn
- part:
- entry: W. C.
typeOfName: varn
- part:
- entry: William
- addition: Caxton
typeOfName: varn
- part:
- entry: Caxton
- firstname: Wilh.
typeOfName: varn
- part:
- entry: Caxtone
- firstname: William
typeOfName: varn
place:
- end: 1476
id: cnl00006366
part:
- name: Bruges
start: 1473
typeOfPlace: actv
- end: 1491
id: cnl00001530
part:
- name: Westminster
start: 1476
typeOfPlace: actv
- id: cnl00032962
note:
- lang: ger
text: Wirkungsort
part:
- name: London
tmp: (GND)4074335-4
typeOfPlace: actv
- id: cnl00029835
note:
- lang: ger
text: Geburtsort
part:
- name: Kent
tmp: (GND)4030253-2
typeOfPlace: brth
previousId:
- cni00022233
- cni00038863
related:
- id: cnp00397702
note:
- lang: eng
text: Personal name record
part:
- entry: Caxton
- firstname: William
typeOfEntity: cnp
typeOfRelationship: ex:hasRelatedEntity
- id: cni00022551
part:
- entry: Worde
- firstname: Wynkyn de
typeOfEntity: cni
typeOfRelationship: ex:hasSuccessor
sign:
- description: 'Mark of William Caxton, with his initials. Passed to Wynkyn de Worde in 1491.'
link:
- text: Image
url: http://img.kb.dk/ha/boghist/MCK/Dev/mckerrow30001a.jpg
- text: Image
url: http://img.kb.dk/ha/boghist/MCK/Dev/mckerrow30001b.jpg
- text: Description
url: http://base.kb.dk/manus_pub/cv/manus/ManusPage.xsql?nnoc=manus_pub&p_ManusId=212&p_PageNo=1&p_Lang=main
source:
- McKerrow Device No. 1
typeOfSign: prdv
typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
history:
- timestamp: 2008-02-22T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2009-06-22T17:12:05Z
- timestamp: 2009-10-29T15:44:52Z
- timestamp: 2013-11-11T16:56:28Z
- timestamp: 2013-11-11T16:59:31Z
- timestamp: 2014-09-12T11:31:55Z
- timestamp: 2014-09-12T11:33:00Z
- timestamp: 2017-03-24T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2019-05-03T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2019-11-27T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2020-06-03T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2020-06-19T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2021-01-28T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2021-05-07T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2022-09-06T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2023-11-07T12:00:00Z
- timestamp: 2024-02-08T12:00:00Z
possibleMatch:
- id: cni00068854
similarity: 1
- id: cni00036072
similarity: 8
- id: cni00104418
similarity: 1
- id: cni00109255
similarity: 1
status: n