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Otto Wichterle

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Czech member of Czech National Council, politician, academic, chemical engineer, professor and inventor (1913-1998)

ScientistsLived 1913 to 1998 · aged 84
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Otto Wichterle was a Czech chemist, best known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses.

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Merkur-based apparatus for centrifugal casting of contact lensesMerkur-based apparatus for centrifugal casting of contact lenses

Awards 4

2007National Inventors Hall of Fame
1991Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III
1984R. W. Wood Prize
honorary citizen of Prague

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Pavel Jozef ŠafárikAlso won honorary citizen of PraguePan JianweiAlso won R. W. Wood PrizeVladimír HolanAlso won Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class IIIPrince Felix of SchwarzenbergAlso won honorary citizen of PragueFrancis LedererAlso won Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class IIIEli YablonovitchAlso won R. W. Wood Prize

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1998 · aged 84
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23 languages

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