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Johann Joachim Becher

1635 - 1682

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Johann Joachim Becher (German: [ˈbɛçɐ]; 6 May 1635 – October 1682) was a German physician, alchemist, precursor of chemistry, scholar, polymath and adventurer, best known for his terra pinguis theory which became the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Joachim Becher is the 139th most popular physician (up from 148th in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Germany (up from 972nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Physician.

Johann Joachim Becher was a German chemist and physician who first proposed the idea of phlogiston. He is most famous for his theory of phlogiston.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 139 out of 726. Before him are Hinrich Lichtenstein, Hans Asperger, George Whipple, Baruj Benacerraf, Francis Peyton Rous, and Trota of Salerno. After him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Dickinson W. Richards, George H. Hitchings, William Kaelin Jr., Jang-geum, and Ferid Murad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1635, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 4. Before him are Robert Hooke, Henry Morgan, and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. After him are Philipp Spener, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, François l'Olonnais, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zanabazar, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, and Philippe Quinault. Among people deceased in 1682, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 7. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Claude Lorrain, Jacob van Ruisdael, 5th Dalai Lama, Evliya Çelebi, and Feodor III of Russia. After him are Avvakum, Jacob Kettler, Baldassare Longhena, Alessandro Stradella, Thomas Browne, and Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 801 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828), Peter Parler (1330), Albert Göring (1895), Andreas Baader (1943), and Jürgen Prochnow (1941). After him are Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), Wilhelm Cuno (1876), Princess Louise of Prussia (1838), David Strauss (1808), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), and Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 15. Before him are Gerhard Domagk (1895), Otto Loewi (1873), Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), and Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780). After him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), Theodor Billroth (1829), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Herta Oberheuser (1911), and Albert of Riga (1165).

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