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Johann Friedrich Böttger

1682 - 1719

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Johann Friedrich Böttger (also Böttcher or Böttiger; 4 February 1682 – 13 March 1719) was a German alchemist. Böttger was born in Schleiz and died in Dresden. He is normally credited with being the first European to discover the secret of the creation of hard-paste porcelain in 1708, but it has also been claimed that English manufacturers or Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus produced porcelain first. Certainly, the Meissen factory, established 1710, was the first to produce porcelain in Europe in large quantities and since the recipe was kept a trade secret by Böttger for his company, experiments continued elsewhere throughout Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Friedrich Böttger is the 169th most popular businessperson (down from 141st in 2019), the 1,429th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,317th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Businessperson.

Böttger was a German chemist and alchemist who discovered the secret of making porcelain.

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Among businesspeople, Johann Friedrich Böttger ranks 169 out of 847. Before him are Chaleo Yoovidhya, Harvey S. Firestone, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Ethan Allen, Chandrashekhar Agashe, and Yingluck Shinawatra. After him are Madam C. J. Walker, Basil Zaharoff, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Owen D. Young, Phil Knight, and Karl Albrecht.

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Among people born in 1682, Johann Friedrich Böttger ranks 5. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Calico Jack, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, and Bartholomew Roberts. After him are Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Şehsuvar Sultan, Shahu I, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, and Jacopo Amigoni. Among people deceased in 1719, Johann Friedrich Böttger ranks 9. Before him are John Flamsteed, Shah Jahan II, Michel Rolle, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Benjamin Hornigold, and Yamamoto Tsunetomo. After him are Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp, Joseph Addison, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Boris Sheremetev, Arp Schnitger, and Pierre Raymond de Montmort.

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Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Böttger ranks 1,429 out of 7,253. Before him are Jens Lehmann (1969), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1668), Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719), Bernhardus Varenius (1622), and Fritz Honka (1935). After him are Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Toni Kroos (1990), Albrecht Penck (1858), Rudolf Brandt (1909), Franz von Hipper (1863), and Brigitte Helm (1906).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Böttger ranks 15. Before him are Jakob Fugger (1459), Henri Nestlé (1814), Paul Reuter (1816), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), and Uli Hoeneß (1952). After him are Karl Albrecht (1920), Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Peter Thiel (1967), and Melitta Bentz (1873).

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