Otto Wichterle
Czech member of Czech National Council, politician, academic, chemical engineer, professor and inventor (1913-1998) · Czechia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 84
Otto Wichterle was a Czech chemist, best known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses.
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2007National Inventors Hall of FameAward1998Died18 August 19981991Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class IIIAward1984R. W. Wood PrizeAward1913Born27 October 1913
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Lived 1913 to 1998 · aged 84
