Alois Senefelder

Alois Senefelder
Lithograph of Senefelder, from Specimens of Polyautography.
Born
Aloys Johann Nepomuk Franz Senefelder

6 November 1771
Died26 February 1834 (aged 62)
NationalityGerman
Known forInventing lithography
ParentPeter Senefelder (father)

Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 1771 – 26 February 1834) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.[1]

  1. ^ Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. p 146 ISBN 0-471-29198-6