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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Escherich has received more than 105,205 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Theodor Escherich is the 179th most popular biologist (down from 151st in 2019), the 1,375th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,210th in 2019) and the 24th 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 179 out of 1,097. Before him are Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Ana Aslan, Wilhelm Johannsen, George Wald, Giuseppe Acerbi, and Jakob von Uexküll. After him are Anna Atkins, George Robert Gray, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Peter Medawar, Stephen Jay Gould, and Armand David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Theodor Escherich ranks 43. Before him are 12th Dalai Lama, Antoni Grabowski, Ida Tarbell, Cécile Chaminade, Wilhelm Johannsen, and Eugène Atget. After him are Vladimir Bekhterev, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Mikhail Alekseyev, Émile Coué, Christian Michelsen, and Le Pétomane. Among people deceased in 1911, Theodor Escherich ranks 19. Before him are Valentin Serov, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Edward Whymper, Ahmed ‘Urabi, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, and Laura Marx. After him are Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Joseph Bell, Jozef Israëls, Jack Daniel, Sister Nivedita, and Johan Svendsen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Escherich ranks 1,375 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernhardus Varenius (1622), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1257), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), and William I, Elector of Hesse (1743). After him are Dettmar Cramer (1925), Günter Guillaume (1927), Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876), Otto Kumm (1909), Isidor Straus (1845), and Fritz Bauer (1903).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Theodor Escherich ranks 24. Before him are Erwin Neher (1944), Bert Sakmann (1942), Walther Flemming (1843), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), and Georges J. F. Köhler (1946). After him are Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Friedrich Parrot (1791), Hans Driesch (1867), and Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771).

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