Otto Perutz
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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.[1] On 13 April 1880, he purchased the Chemische und pharmacheuische Produktenhandlung Dr. F. Snitter & Co., a merchant in photochemicals in Munich,[1] and founded his own firm, Otto Perutz Trockenplattenfabrik. He developed a method for the industrial production of Eosin-Silver-Plates which had been invented by Hermann Wilhelm Vogel and Johann Baptist Obernetter, and was licensed by Vogel to produce dry plates.[1] This was crucial for the development of colour photography.[citation needed] They were an immediate success when they were introduced in August 1887.[1] In 1896, Perutz-Plates were used for radiography for the first time.[1] Perutz sold his firm on 1 July 1897.[1] He was a member of the supervisory board of the Bayerische Aktiengesellschaft für chemische und landwirtschaftlich-chemische Fabrikate from 1902 until his death in 1922.[1] The Perutz-Photowerke became part of Agfa in 1964.[1]
