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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 development of the phlogiston theory of combustion, and his advancement of Austrian cameralism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Joachim Becher has received more than 78,687 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Johann Joachim Becher is the 148th most popular physician (down from 112th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 728th in 2019) and the 19th 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 148 out of 726. Before him are Joseph Erlanger, Baruj Benacerraf, Harvey J. Alter, E. Donnall Thomas, Psusennes II, and Robin Warren. After him are Bernardino of Siena, Albert of Riga, George H. Hitchings, Merit-Ptah, Francysk Skaryna, and Joseph Calasanz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1635, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 7. Before him are Robert Hooke, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Henry Morgan, François l'Olonnais, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Philipp Spener, Zanabazar, Philippe Quinault, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, and Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma. Among people deceased in 1682, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 8. Before him are Claude Lorrain, Feodor III of Russia, 5th Dalai Lama, Evliya Çelebi, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Jacob Kettler. After him are Avvakum, Baldassare Longhena, Alessandro Stradella, Jean Picard, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and Thomas Browne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 972 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Conrad II of Italy (1074), and Wilhelm Kempff (1895). After him are Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), Alfred Weber (1868), Franz Ziereis (1905), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), and Hardy Krüger (1928).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Johann Joachim Becher ranks 19. Before him are Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Herta Oberheuser (1911), and Theodor Billroth (1829). After him are Albert of Riga (1165), Carl Ludwig (1816), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), August von Wassermann (1866), Werner Haase (1900), and Leonhart Fuchs (1501).

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