Eugène Kalt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugène Kalt

French ophthalmologist

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1861

Place of Birth: Landser, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 09-May-1941

Profession: ophthalmologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Eugène Jean Baptiste Kalt (24 February 1861, Landser, Haut-Rhin – 9 May 1941) was a French ophthalmologist who developed the first known application of a contact lens for the correction of keratoconus.
In 1888, he worked on a crude flat-fitting glass scleral lenses designed to "compress the steep conical apex thereby correcting the condition".
His first lenses were crafted from the bottoms of glass test tubes.
Kalt was born in Landser in the Alsace region of France.