BIOLOGIST

Theodor Escherich

1857 - 1911

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Theodor Escherich (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʔɛʃəʁɪç]; 29 November 1857 – 15 February 1911) was a German-Austrian pediatrician and a professor at universities in Graz and Vienna. He discovered and described the bacterium Escherichia coli. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Escherich is the 236th most popular biologist (down from 179th in 2019), the 1,548th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,375th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Biologist.

Theodor escherich is most famous for his work in the field of bacteriology. He is known for developing the technique of tissue culture, which is a method of growing bacteria in a nutrient-rich environment.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Theodor Escherich ranks 236 out of 1,097. Before him are Anders Sparrman, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Ana Aslan, Peter Forsskål, Albert Günther, and Stephen Jay Gould. After him are Rudolf Vrba, J. B. S. Haldane, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Thomas Browne, John du Pont, and Carl Correns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Theodor Escherich ranks 49. Before him are Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Eugène Atget, Williamina Fleming, Vladimir Bekhterev, Mikhail Alekseyev, and Arthur Arz von Straußenburg. After him are Theodor Kittelsen, Cyril Genik, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Le Pétomane, Juan Vicente Gómez, and Jacques de Morgan. Among people deceased in 1911, Theodor Escherich ranks 19. Before him is Laura Marx. After him are Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Joseph Bell, Jozef Israëls, Jack Daniel, Sister Nivedita, Johan Svendsen, Jules Brunet, Christian Bohr, Williamina Fleming, Joseph Dalton Hooker, and Alexandre Guilmant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Escherich ranks 1,548 out of 7,253. Before him are Alice Weidel (1979), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831), Rudolf Diels (1900), William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), and Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875). After him are Willi Herold (1925), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218), and Alexander von Kluck (1846).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Theodor Escherich ranks 33. Before him are Hans Driesch (1867), Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Bert Sakmann (1942), Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794), August Grisebach (1814), and Albert Günther (1830). After him are Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Carl Correns (1864), Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797), Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), Johann Baptist von Spix (1781), and Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767).

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