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Johann Christoph Denner

1655 - 1707

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Johann Christoph Denner (13 August 1655 – 26 April 1707) was a German woodwind instrument maker of the Baroque era, to whom the invention of the clarinet is attributed. Denner was born in Leipzig to a family of horn-tuners. With his father, Heinrich Denner, a maker of game whistles and hunting horns, he moved to Nuremberg in 1666. J. C. Denner went into business as an instrument maker in 1678 and was granted rights for the “manufacture of French musical instruments consisting chiefly of oboes and recorders [flandadois]” in 1697. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christoph Denner is the 193rd most popular inventor (down from 188th in 2019), the 2,388th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,331st in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Inventor.

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Among inventors, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 193 out of 426. Before him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Arnold Orville Beckman, Lucien Olivier, Larry Sanger, and Sequoyah. After him are George de Mestral, Viktor Schauberger, Ottaviano Petrucci, Garrett Morgan, J. Presper Eckert, and Georges Claude.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 9. Before him are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Charles XI of Sweden, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Christian Thomasius, Zumbi, and Rinaldo d'Este. After him are Jean-François Regnard, Ferdinand Kettler, Bernard de Montfaucon, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Christoph Dientzenhofer, and Antonio Palomino. Among people deceased in 1707, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 14. Before him are Ahmad Khani, Jean Mabillon, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Willem van de Velde the Younger, and Johann Patkul. After him are Alexandre Exquemelin, Petter Dass, Jeremiah Clarke, Julie d'Aubigny, Adriaen Coorte, and Zheng Keshuang.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 2,389 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Raabe (1831), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Lothar Collatz (1910), George Dzundza (1945), Ernst Wollweber (1898), and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744). After him are Martin Luther (1895), Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1672), Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813), Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (1417), Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria (1386), and Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (1857).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 28. Before him are Uziel Gal (1923), Henrich Focke (1890), Artur Fischer (1919), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), and Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740). After him are Max Skladanowsky (1863), Helmut Gröttrup (1916), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Oskar Barnack (1879), Fritz von Opel (1899), and Ricardo Wolf (1887).

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