Guillaume Fichet [SEP] date of death
Guillaume Fichet
Guillaume Fichet (; 21 September 1433 – c. 1480) was a French scholar, who cooperated with Johann Heynlin to establish the first printing press in France (Paris) in 1470.
Biography.
He was born at Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières, in Savoy. In 1467, he was elected rector of the Sorbonne, where he and Heynlin installed the first press ever set up in France. They brought from Switzerland three master typographers: Michael Friburger, Ulrich Gering and Martin Crantz. The
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Writing in "L'Union Ardennais", Guillaume Flatet commented that the Fichet-Bauche factory was resisting the economic crisis as well as its safes resist burglars, describing his visit as a rare glimpse into a quiet but well performing business. 
Safe specialist Mike Palmer, writing on Insurance Surveyors.org, noted that Gunnebo had acquired major brands including Chubb as well as Fichet Bauche and John Tann, the world's first safe maker; Chubb and Fichet Bauche surviving only as brands, and John Tann's name disappearing, with the