CHEMIST

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 is 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Wichterle has received more than 514,961 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Otto Wichterle is the 334th most popular chemist (down from 193rd in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 124th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Otto Wichterle ranks 334 out of 602. Before him are François-Marie Raoult, Jean Stas, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Édouard Herzen, Thomas C. Südhof, and Fraser Stoddart. After him are Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, and Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Otto Wichterle ranks 105. Before him are Maurice Wilkes, Alan Ladd, José Sánchez del Río, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Gustaaf Deloor, and Waldemar de Brito. After him are Nikolai Amosov, Hélio Gracie, Bill Hewlett, Masatoshi Nakayama, Peko Dapčević, and Victor Mature. Among people deceased in 1998, Otto Wichterle ranks 84. Before him are Zbigniew Herbert, Efim Geller, César Baldaccini, László Szabó, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Archie Moore. After him are Aymoré Moreira, J. T. Walsh, Ramón Sampedro, Antonio Quarracino, Zlatko Čajkovski, and Nguyễn Văn Linh.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otto Wichterle ranks 260 out of 1,200. Before him are Václav Neumann (1920), Max Dvořák (1874), Karel Reisz (1926), Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796), Dana Zátopková (1922), and Wojciech Żywny (1756). After him are Alois Eliáš (1890), Vilém Mathesius (1882), Pavel Haas (1899), Jan Stráský (1940), Pavel Kohout (1928), and Lubomír Štrougal (1924).

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Among CHEMISTS In Czechia

Among chemists born in Czechia, Otto Wichterle ranks 5. Before him are Gerty Cori (1896), Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), and Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821). After him are Franz von Soxhlet (1848), Hans Tropsch (1889), Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850), and Jiří Drahoš (1949).

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