Background
Otto Schott was born on December 17, 185, in Witten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He was the son of a window glassmaker, Simon Schott.
1909
Liebig Meda
the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Otto Schott was born on December 17, 185, in Witten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He was the son of a window glassmaker, Simon Schott.
From 1870 to 1873 Otto 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 the 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 Doctor Ernst Abbe, which was the catalyst for a long professional relationship between the two. In 1884, in association with Doctor Ernst Abbe and Carl Zeiss, Otto founded Glastechnische Laboratorium Schott & Genossen (Schott & Associates Glass Technology Laboratory) in Jena.
lieutenant 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 & Associates.