Complete the sentence: Despite debates surrounding who truly invented the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is commonly recognized as the inventor.

Explanation

While there is some controversy over who exactly developed the printing press with movable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg is widely acknowledged as the inventor. Niccolò Machiavelli was a political philosopher, Peter Schöffer and Johannes Fust were associates of Gutenberg, but not credited with the invention itself.