Bi Sheng
c. 970–c. 1051
Chinese artisan who invented movable type.
- Known as
- Inventor
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- c. 970, Yingshan
- Died
- c. 1051
Alive at the same time as Bi Sheng
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