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Jaroslav Heyrovský was a Czech chemist who developed polarography, a technique that uses electrical current to analyze the chemical composition of solutions. His work advanced analytical chemistry and earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959, making him an important figure in 20th-century science.
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- 1890-12-20
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- 1967-03-27
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Jaroslav Heyrovský ( Czech: [ˈjaroslav ˈɦɛjrofskiː] ; 20 December 1890 – 27 March 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959 for his invention of polarography.
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1890 births1967 deathsAcademic staff of Charles UniversityAlumni of University College LondonAnalytical chemistsBurials at Vyšehrad CemeteryCharles University alumniCzechoslovak chemistsCzechoslovak inventorsCzechoslovak Nobel laureatesForeign members of the Royal SocietyMembers of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin