CHEMIST

Jan Czochralski

1885 - 1953

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Jan Czochralski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan t͡ʂɔˈxralskʲi]; 23 October 1885 – 22 April 1953) was a Polish chemist who invented the Czochralski method, which is used for growing single crystals and in the production of semiconductor wafers. It is still used in over 90 percent of all electronics in the world that use semiconductors. He is the most cited Polish scholar. There is evidence that Czochralski sheltered two Jewish women in his home until the Warsaw Uprising to save them from the Germans and some evidence that he was instrumental in financially helping a previously owned Jewish business in the ghetto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Czochralski is the 412th most popular chemist (down from 384th in 2019), the 680th most popular biography from Poland (down from 626th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jan Czochralski ranks 412 out of 602. Before him are Jean Stas, Leonor Michaelis, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Luke Howard, Henry Roscoe, and John William Draper. After him are Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Brunó Ferenc Straub, Franz von Soxhlet, George Church, Otto Wichterle, and Louis-Sébastien Lenormand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jan Czochralski ranks 124. Before him are Wallace Beery, Francisco Olazar, Frederick Holman, Elihan Tore, Emil Väre, and Dimitrios Loundras. After him are Rolf Carls, Nils von Kantzow, Carmine Gallone, Liviu Rebreanu, François de La Rocque, and Georges Mandel. Among people deceased in 1953, Jan Czochralski ranks 94. Before him are Albert Austin, Friedrich Wolf, Uroš Predić, Sophia Hayden, Princess Françoise of Orléans, and Kyuichi Tokuda. After him are Herman J. Mankiewicz, Dámaso Berenguer, Jim Thorpe, Titta Ruffo, Felice Bonetto, and Charles de Tornaco.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Czochralski ranks 680 out of 1,694. Before him are Heinrich Graetz (1817), Richard Herrmann (1923), Henryk Jabłoński (1909), Henner Henkel (1915), Zeev Sternhell (1935), and Krzysztof Komeda (1931). After him are Bolesław II the Horned (1217), Vyacheslav Kebich (1936), Remus von Woyrsch (1847), Julian Marchlewski (1866), Friedrich Schulz (1897), and Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk (1884).

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Among CHEMISTS In Poland

Among chemists born in Poland, Jan Czochralski ranks 18. Before him are Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Fritz London (1900), Kazimierz Fajans (1887), Sendivogius (1566), and Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762). After him are Alfred Stock (1876), Hugo Erdmann (1862), Karol Olszewski (1846), Johannes Thiele (1865), Heinrich Caro (1834), and Nikodem Caro (1871).

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