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Ottomar Anschütz

1846 - 1907

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Ottomar Anschütz (16 May 1846 – 30 May 1907) was a German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer. He is widely seen as an early pioneer in the history of film technology. At the Postfuhramt in Berlin, Anschütz held the first showing of life sized pictures in motion on 25 November 1894. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ottomar Anschütz is the 287th most popular inventor (down from 250th in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from Poland (down from 686th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ottomar Anschütz ranks 287 out of 426. Before him are Joseph Aspdin, Lester Allan Pelton, Valerie Thomas, Joseph Whitworth, Beulah Louise Henry, and Genrich Altshuller. After him are Cyrus McCormick, Mark Rober, Ralph Hartley, Petrache Poenaru, Frank Zamboni, and Yoshiro Nakamatsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Ottomar Anschütz ranks 84. Before him are Anna Kingsford, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Sophie Menter, Hayranidil Kadın, Friedrich Paulsen, and Albert Chmielowski. After him are Max von Hausen, Giulio Bizzozero, Kate Greenaway, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Daniel Burnham, and Whitcomb L. Judson. Among people deceased in 1907, Ottomar Anschütz ranks 74. Before him are Maurice Loewy, Charles Dancla, Lucile Grahn, Ernst von Bergmann, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, and Edward Routh. After him are Moritz Steinschneider, William Howard Russell, Bernhard Hammer, Eva Nansen, Léon Serpollet, and Marcel Alexandre Bertrand.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ottomar Anschütz ranks 848 out of 1,694. Before him are Erich Abraham (1895), Zofia Nałkowska (1884), Wojciech Korfanty (1873), Albert Chmielowski (1846), Marek Belka (1952), and Wojciech Bogusławski (1757). After him are Nikifor (1895), Alfred Kerr (1867), Jan Kott (1914), Grigory Levenfish (1889), Gustav Radde (1831), and Max Berg (1870).

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Among INVENTORS In Poland

Among inventors born in Poland, Ottomar Anschütz ranks 3. Before him are Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860), and Gunther von Hagens (1945). After him are Kazimierz Prószyński (1875).

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