Otto Wichterle
He was born on this day in 1913 in Prostĕjov the Czech Republic then Austria-Hungary. In 1961 he produced the very first soft contact lenses with a DIY apparatus. Umelecke Navrhy Mince 200 Kc Otto Wichterle Sada Zlatych Odrazku 1oz Sada Mincing Decorative Boxes After finishing high school todays Wolker Grammar School in Prostějov Wichterle chose science for his career. Otto Wichterle . Google on Wednesday honoured renowned Czech chemist Otto Wichterle who invented the soft contact lens to change the life of millions of. He attended Czech Technical University in Prague. Today October 27 marks the 108th birth anniversary of the man whose invention is now used by an estimated 140 million people around the world. Wichterle was born on October 27 1913 in Prostĕjov in the Czech Republic. He came from a wealthy family of Prostějov entrepreneurs and his father Karel Wichterle was a co-owner of Wichterle and Kovářík Wikov. This was the. Otto Wichterle taught as a professor ...