Google Doodle celebrates the 108th birthday of Czech chemist and inventor Otto Wichterle, most popular for his invention of modern soft contact lenses, on October 27, 2021. Who was Otto Wichterle? Otto Wichterle was born on October 27, 1913 in Prostĕjov, the Czech Republic (then Austria-Hungary). In the wake of completing secondary school (the present… Continue reading Otto Wichterle: Google Doodle celebrates Czech soft contact lens inventor’s 108th birthday