Otto Wichterle is a Czech chemist and he is best known for the development of modern-day contact lenses. He is a formidable figure in the world of science and he has over 180 patents and 200 publications to his name.
He has been the chairman and president of several prestigious science institutions and has written two comprehensive theses in chemistry and plastics development. He was also jailed for a few months in 1942. He is survived by his wife and two sons. This year in October, Google had dedicated a doodle to him on their home page.
Otto Wichterle Wiki/Biography
Born on 27th October 1913, Otto Wichterle was 84 years old when he died on 18th August 1998. He was born in Prostejov in Austria. He was Czech by Nationality.
He had consulted his schooling from the Wolverines Grammer School and subsequently, he went to a Czech Technical University. He had studied chemical and technological studies at the university and he had graduated in 1936 but he chose to stay back after that. In 1939 he wrote his doctorate thesis in Chemistry but couldn’t pursue his research due to political reasons. However, he joined the Bata institute and continued his work there.
