Otto Schott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Schott

German chemist, glass technologist, and inventor

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1851

Place of Birth: Witten, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1935

Profession: engineer, inventor, chemist, glassmaker

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Friedrich Otto Schott (17 December 1851 – 27 August 1935) was a German chemist, glass technologist, and the inventor of borosilicate glass.
He was the son of a window glass maker, Simon Schott.
From 1870 to 1873 Schott studied chemical technology at the technical college in Aachen and at the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig.
He attained a doctorate in glass chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena for his thesis “Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Glass Fabrication”.In 1879, Schott developed a new lithium-based glass that possessed novel optical properties.
Schott shared this discovery with Dr Ernst Abbe, which was the catalyst for a long professional relationship between the two.
In 1884, in association with Dr Ernst Abbe and Carl Zeiss, Otto founded Glastechnische Laboratorium Schott & Genossen (Schott & Associates Glass Technology Laboratory) in Jena.
It was here, during the period 1887 through to 1893, that Schott developed borosilicate glass.
Borosilicate glass is distinguished for its high tolerance to heat and a substantial resistance to thermal shock (sudden temperature changes) and resistance to degradation when exposed to chemicals. In 1926, Otto Schott retired from active work at Schott & Gen.



Description	German painter, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	20 July 1847	8 February 1935
Location of birth/death	Berlin	Berlin
Work location	Berlin (1863-1868, 1884-1935), Weimar (1868-1873), Düsseldorf (1871), Netherlands (1871), Paris (1872, 1873-1879, 1882, 1896), Amsterdam (1872, 1876, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908) Barbizon (1874-1875), Dordrecht (1877), Italy (1879, 1893), Munich (1879-1884), Scheveningen (1881), Dongen (1881), Zweeloo (1882), Haarlem (1884, 1886, 1891, 1894, 1907), Laren (1886, 1898, 1904), Katwijk (1889), Huizen (1889), Zandvoort (1890, 1891, 1894, 1895), Leiden (1890, 1900), Overveen (1895), Hilversum (1901), Italy (1902), Florence (1902), Rome (1902), Noordwijk (1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914), Edam (1904), Wannsee (1909)
Authority control	: Q158062 VIAF: 32004869 ISNI: 0000 0001 2095 8679 ULAN: 500115690 LCCN: n50050133 NLA: 35686868 WorldCat