!!!Senefelder, Alois

b. Prague (Czech Republic), Nov. 6, 1771, 
d. Munich (Germany), Feb. 26, 1834. Actor and dramatist. Invented 
lithography, a new chemical method of flatbed printing, when looking 
for a simpler printing technique for his plays. He was granted a first 
privilege in Bavaria in 1799, he opened up the first lithographic 
printing shop in Vienna in 1803 and also produced polychromatic prints 
from 1826.



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