Otto Schott (1851 to 1935) - Founder of modern glass science and glass technology

Abstract

December 17, 2001 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Otto Schott. The glass chemist and glass technician was one of the most important scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He carried out systematic melting trials to research the composition and properties of glass and developed new technological processes for the manufacture of glass. In so doing he created the basis for the development and manufacture of special glasses. In 1884 he founded the Glastechnisches Laboratorium Schott & Genossen in Jena which was the forerunner of the present day Schott Jenaer Glas GmbH, of the foundation enterprise Schott Glas in Mainz and of the whole Schott Group.