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Otto Wichterle

1913 - 1998

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Otto Wichterle (Czech pronunciation: [ˈoto ˈvɪxtr̩lɛ]; 27 October 1913 – 18 August 1998) was a Czech chemist, best known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses. Wichterle was the author or co-author of approximately 180 patents and over 200 publications. The studies and independent books covered various aspects of organic, inorganic and macromolecular chemistry, polymer science, and biomedical materials. He held a higher number of patents for organic synthesis, polymerization, fibres, the synthesis and shaping of biomedical materials, production methods and measuring devices related to biomedical products. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Wichterle is the 417th most popular chemist (down from 334th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 260th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Otto Wichterle ranks 417 out of 602. Before him are John William Draper, Jan Czochralski, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Brunó Ferenc Straub, Franz von Soxhlet, and George Church. After him are Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Walther Kossel, Carl Graebe, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Lina Stern, and Coenraad Johannes van Houten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Otto Wichterle ranks 166. Before him are Vicente Calderón, Benjamin Markarian, William P. Rogers, Charles Helou, Ljuba Welitsch, and Walter Andreas Schwarz. After him are Maria Tănase, Edith Pargeter, René Schneider, Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, Gustaaf Deloor, and Samuel Eilenberg. Among people deceased in 1998, Otto Wichterle ranks 140. Before him are Phil Hartman, Leo Penn, Michael Tippett, Jean Leray, Hide, and Nguyễn Văn Linh. After him are Theodor Oberländer, Eric Ambler, Qian Zhongshu, Louis Dumont, Joan Brossa, and Samuel Eilenberg.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otto Wichterle ranks 407 out of 1,200. Before him are Anne of Bohemia (1290), Vlastimil Brodský (1920), Emmy Destinn (1878), Jana Novotná (1968), Oldřich Duras (1882), and Franz von Soxhlet (1848). After him are Tomáš Halík (1948), Ladislav Adamec (1926), Ota Šik (1919), Ivan Hlinka (1950), Lubor Niederle (1865), and Simon Sechter (1788).

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Among CHEMISTS In Czechia

Among chemists born in Czechia, Otto Wichterle ranks 6. Before him are Gerty Cori (1896), Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821), and Franz von Soxhlet (1848). After him are Hans Tropsch (1889), Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850), and Jiří Drahoš (1949).

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