“I Am the First Man to Read That!”
How a printer’s discovery changed our understanding of history
George Smith was a working-class printer in nineteenth-century London, but, like many people with tedious jobs, his real interests were elsewhere. Despite leaving school for an apprenticeship at 14 and having little formal education, Smith became obsessed with ancient history — specific…
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