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Jan Czochralski

1885 - 1953

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Jan Czochralski ( YAN chokh-RAHL-skee, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Czochralski has received more than 111,475 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jan Czochralski is the 382nd most popular chemist (up from 387th in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 637th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Jan Czochralski ranks 382 out of 509. Before him are Franz von Soxhlet, Thomas Andrews, Alexander William Williamson, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Peter Waage, and John William Draper. After him are Nicolas Lemery, Lina Stern, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, David Warren, Benjamin List, and Leo Sternbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jan Czochralski ranks 111. Before him are Henri Laurens, Viggo Brun, Sophie, Princess of Albania, Alexander Shliapnikov, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, and Leó Weiner. After him are Wallace Beery, François de La Rocque, Carmine Gallone, Rolf Carls, Jerome Kern, and Antonio Bacci. Among people deceased in 1953, Jan Czochralski ranks 87. Before him are Josef Fischer, Albert Austin, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Joseph Jongen, Nigel Bruce, and Nicolae Rădescu. After him are Vydūnas, Friedrich Wolf, Ralph Linton, Helene Mayer, Evgeny Paton, and Felice Bonetto.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Czochralski ranks 643 out of 1,454. Before him are Tommy Wiseau (1955), Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755), Peter Berling (1934), and Julius von Sachs (1832). After him are Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), Andrzej Munk (1921), Janosch (1931), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Ernst Wiechert (1887), and Zeev Sternhell (1935).

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Among CHEMISTS In Poland

Among chemists born in Poland, Jan Czochralski ranks 17. Before him are Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Sendivogius (1566), Fritz London (1900), Richard Abegg (1869), and Kazimierz Fajans (1887). After him are Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), Alfred Stock (1876), Heinrich Caro (1834), Sergey Lebedev (1874), Karol Olszewski (1846), and Nikodem Caro (1871).

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