Otto Perutz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Perutz

German chemist

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1847

Place of Birth: Teplice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1922

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Otto Perutz (27 July 1847, Teplice, Bohemia – 18 January 1922, Munich Germany) was an Austrian-German chemist. From 1872 to 1876 Perutz was director of Bayerische Aktiengesellschaft für chemische und landwirtschaftlich-chemische Fabrikate (Bavarian Corporation for Chemical and Agrochemical Products Inc., later Süd-Chemie AG) in Munich-Heufeld. In 1880 he founded his own firm Otto Perutz Trockenplattenfabrik in Munich.
He developed a method for the industrial production of Eosin-Silver-Plates which had been invented by Hermann Wilhelm Vogel and Johann Baptist Obernetter.
This was crucial to develop colour photography.
In 1896 Perutz-Plates were used for radiography for the first time. Perutz sold his firm in 1897.
He was member of the supervisory board of Bayerische Aktiengesellschaft für chemische und landwirtschaftlich-chemische Fabrikate from 1902 until his death in 1922.
The Perutz-Photowerke became part of Agfa in 1964.