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August Oetker

1862 - 1918

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August Oetker (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʔœtkɐ]; January 6, 1862 – January 10, 1918) was a German inventor, food scientist and business person. He is known as the creator of baking powder as a ready-to-use product, and also as the founder of the Dr. Oetker company. He was the patriarch of the Oetker family. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Oetker is the 277th most popular physician (down from 211th in 2019), the 1,985th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,479th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, August Oetker ranks 277 out of 726. Before her are Hieronymus Fabricius, Thomas Addison, John Harvey Kellogg, Johann Conrad Dippel, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, and Eduard Wirths. After her are Hans Berger, Regnier de Graaf, Thomas Hodgkin, Hiraga Gennai, Guillaume Dupuytren, and Neferkare Neby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, August Oetker ranks 51. Before her are René Viviani, Leonid Pasternak, Mikhail Nesterov, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Eugen Ehrlich, and Oswald Külpe. After her are Nicholas Murray Butler, Cao Kun, Léon Boëllmann, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Frederick Delius, and Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Among people deceased in 1918, August Oetker ranks 64. Before her are Princess Anna of Prussia, Stepan Shaumian, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Sidónio Pais, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, and Yevno Azef. After her are Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Moisei Uritsky, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Joséphin Péladan, Roman Malinovsky, and George Mary Searle.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Oetker ranks 1,986 out of 7,253. Before her are Lorenz Oken (1779), George, Duke of Bavaria (1455), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870), Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1603), Marianne Brandt (1893), and Herbert von Bismarck (1849). After her are Hans Berger (1873), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Lilly Reich (1885), Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), and Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, August Oetker ranks 43. Before her are Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736), Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), and Eduard Wirths (1909). After her are Hans Berger (1873), Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), Sigmund Rascher (1909), Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744), and Dorothea Erxleben (1715).

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