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Johann Beckmann

1739 - 1811

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Johann Beckmann (1739–1811) was a German scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Beckmann is the 3,938th most popular writer (up from 4,466th in 2019), the 3,966th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,312th in 2019) and the 240th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann Beckmann ranks 3,938 out of 7,302. Before him are Qul Ghali, Jane Dieulafoy, Andrew Marvell, Anton Pann, Quim Monzó, and Jan Gruter. After him are Henry Adams, Johan Herman Wessel, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Gheorghe Asachi, Joe Haldeman, and Israel Zangwill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1739, Johann Beckmann ranks 21. Before him are Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Frei Galvão, John Robison, Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, and Henrik Gabriel Porthan. After him are Juan de Villanueva, John Rutledge, Sophronius of Vratsa, George Clymer, Paine Wingate, and William Hewson. Among people deceased in 1811, Johann Beckmann ranks 18. Before him are Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Ignacio Allende, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, and Marie-Joseph Chénier. After him are Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Juan de Villanueva, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Mariano Moreno, Ivan Osterman, and Juan Aldama.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Beckmann ranks 3,968 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Hans von Funck (1891), Archibald Reiss (1875), Fatih Akin (1973), Irmgard Möller (1947), and Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (1815). After him are Wilhelm Solf (1862), Justus Möser (1720), Theodor Curtius (1857), J. C. Leyendecker (1874), Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), and Frederic Lewy (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Johann Beckmann ranks 240. Before him are Leonhard Frank (1882), Bruno Apitz (1900), Leopold Zunz (1794), Mato Kósyk (1853), Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819), and Karoline von Günderrode (1780). After him are Wilferd Madelung (1930), Leopold Andrian (1875), Otto Ludwig (1813), Hans Carossa (1878), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), and Herbert Achternbusch (1938).

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