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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 506,719 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Otto Wichterle is the 193rd most popular chemist (up from 405th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 393rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Otto Wichterle ranks 193 out of 509. Before him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, Germain Henri Hess, Julius Axelrod, Gerhard Herzberg, Erwin Chargaff, and Ahmed Zewail. After him are Johann Deisenhofer, F. Sherwood Rowland, Michael Levitt, Archer Martin, Johann Josef Loschmidt, and John Fenn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Otto Wichterle ranks 60. Before him are Stanley Kramer, Paul Grice, Gerda Christian, Irwin Shaw, Sergey Mikhalkov, and Xi Zhongxun. After him are Jan Kubiš, Benjamin Bloom, Peter Cushing, Roger Caillois, Alan Ladd, and Méret Oppenheim. Among people deceased in 1998, Otto Wichterle ranks 35. Before him are Conrad Schumann, Julien Green, Lúcio Costa, Alan J. Pakula, David McClelland, and André Weil. After him are Linda McCartney, Florence Griffith Joyner, Maria Reiche, Derek Barton, Ernst-Günther Schenck, and Nelson Goodman.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otto Wichterle ranks 124 out of 973. Before him are Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), Emil Škoda (1839), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Rudolf Weigl (1883), Agnes of Bohemia (1211), and Oldřich Nejedlý (1909). After him are Jan Kubiš (1913), Jan Neruda (1834), Milada Horáková (1901), Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821), Josef Mysliveček (1737), and Bretislav I (1005).

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Among CHEMISTS In Czechia

Among chemists born in Czechia, Otto Wichterle ranks 3. Before him are Gerty Cori (1896) and Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896). After him are Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), Franz von Soxhlet (1848), Hans Tropsch (1889), Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850), and Jiří Drahoš (1949).

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