Senefelder
Noun
Meaning
German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834)
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Examples
It was invented in 1796 by German author and actor Alois Senefelder as a cheap method of publishing theatrical works.
Lithography was invented by Alois Senefelder in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1796.
Senefelder had experimented during the early 19th century with multicolor lithography; in his 1819 book, he predicted that the process would eventually be perfected and used to reproduce paintings.