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Otto von Guericke

1602 - 1686

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Otto von Guericke (UK: GAIR-ik-ə, US: G(W)AIR-ik-ə, -⁠ee, German: [ˈɔtoː fɔn ˈɡeːʁɪkə] ; spelled Gericke until 1666; 30 November [O.S. 20 November] 1602 – 21 May [O.S. 11 May] 1686) was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrations on the physics of the vacuum, atmospheric pressure, electrostatic repulsion, his advocacy for the reality of "action at a distance" and of "absolute space" were noteworthy contributions for the advancement of the Scientific Revolution. Von Guericke was a very pious man in the Dionysian tradition and attributed the vacuum of space to the creations and designs of an infinite divinity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto von Guericke is the 92nd most popular physicist (down from 68th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Germany (up from 231st in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Physicist.

Otto von Guericke was a German scientist who is most famous for inventing the vacuum pump.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Otto von Guericke ranks 92 out of 851. Before him are Johannes Stark, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Rudolf Clausius, Robert Andrews Millikan, Georg Bednorz, and C. F. Powell. After him are Carl David Anderson, Barry Barish, Ben Roy Mottelson, J. Hans D. Jensen, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Jean Baptiste Perrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1602, Otto von Guericke ranks 2. Before him is Cardinal Mazarin. After him are Elisabeth of France, Athanasius Kircher, Francesco Cavalli, Philippe de Champaigne, Salomon van Ruysdael, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Per Brahe the Younger, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Zhu Yujian. Among people deceased in 1686, Otto von Guericke ranks 1. After him are Nicolas Steno, Louis, Grand Condé, Eleonora Gonzaga, Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Carlo Dolci, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, François Blondel, John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Pietro Mengoli, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Jacques d'Arthois.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto von Guericke ranks 227 out of 7,253. Before him are Michel Ney (1769), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Georg Simmel (1858), and Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567). After him are Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Emmy Noether (1882), and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Otto von Guericke ranks 13. Before him are Max Born (1882), Max von Laue (1879), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Johannes Stark (1874), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), and Georg Bednorz (1950). After him are J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Walther Bothe (1891), Ernst Ruska (1906), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), and Carl Zeiss (1816).

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