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August Oetker

1862 - 1918

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August Oetker (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʔœtkɐ]; January 6, 1862 – January 10, 1918) was a German inventor, food scientist and business person. He is known as the creator of baking powder as a ready-to-use product, and also as the founder of the Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Oetker has received more than 241,547 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). August Oetker is the 247th most popular physician (up from 276th in 2019), the 1,729th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,045th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, August Oetker ranks 247 out of 502. Before her are Thomas Bartholin, Carl Ludwig, Torsten Wiesel, François Magendie, Philipp Franz von Siebold, and Thomas Addison. After her are Adolf Eugen Fick, Constantine the African, Vladimir Dal, Peter Agre, Karl Adolph von Basedow, and Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, August Oetker ranks 44. Before her are Ugyen Wangchuck, Leonid Pasternak, Théo van Rysselberghe, Vito Cascio Ferro, Mary Anderson, and Eugen Ehrlich. After her are Mikhail Nesterov, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Frederick Delius, Nicholas Murray Butler, Henry McMahon, and Anton Ažbe. Among people deceased in 1918, August Oetker ranks 60. Before her are Mikhail Alekseyev, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Victor Adler, George Tupou II, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers. After her are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Hermann von Eichhorn, Michel Zevaco, Yevno Azef, Christian Otto Mohr, and Joséphin Péladan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Oetker ranks 1,729 out of 6,142. Before her are Leopold Gmelin (1788), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Jochen Mass (1946), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Isidor Straus (1845), and Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515). After her are Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Karl Baedeker (1801), Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria (1937), Ludwig Fischer (1905), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), and Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, August Oetker ranks 36. Before her are Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818), Horst Schumann (1906), Hans Berger (1873), Carl Ludwig (1816), and Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796). After her are Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), and Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736).

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