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Johann Friedrich Böttger
Johann Friedrich Böttger was a German alchemist. Böttger was born in Schleiz and died in Dresden. He is normally credited with being the first European to discover the secret of the creation of hard-paste porcelain in 1708, but it has also been claimed that English manufacturers or Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus produced porcelain first. Certainly, the Meissen factory, established 1710, was th…
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science · German alchemist (1682–1719) · ceramicist · chemist · expert pharmacist · inventor · also Johann Friedrich Böttger, Johann Friedrich Bottger, Böttger
Born 4 February 1682 · Died 13 March 1719 · Q61311
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SRF: Johann Friedrich Böttger «Ich kann Gold machen!»
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Died 1719-03-13.
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Born 1682-02-04.
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