Category:Otto Wichterle

**Otto Wichterle**
	Czech member of Czech National Council, politician, academic, chemical engineer, professor and inventor (1913-1998) Otto Wichterle.
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Date of birth	27 October 1913; Prostějov
Date of death	18 August 1998; Stražisko, Prague
Place of burial	Cemetery in Prostějov;
Country of citizenship	Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia; Austria–Hungary;
Educated at	Czech Technical University in Prague (Doctor of Philosophy);
Occupation	chemist; politician; university teacher; inventor; penman; designer; teacher; research fellow;
Employer	Czech Technical University in Prague;
Member of	German Academy of Sciences at Berlin;
Position held	member of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia;
Field of work	polymer chemistry;
Native language	Czech;
Sibling	Hana Wichterlová;
Child	Kamil Wichterle; Ivan Wichterle;
Spouse	Linda Wichterlová (1938–1998);
Relative	František Wichterle (grandfather);
Notable work	contact lens (invention);
Award received	Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III (1991); National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007); R. W. Wood Prize (1984); honorary citizen of Prague;
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