Heinrich Wöhlk

{{Short description|German optometrist}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|4|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|12|23|1913|4|9|df=yes}}

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| nationality = German

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| occupation = Optometrist

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Heinrich Wöhlk (9 April 1913 – 23 December 1991 in Schönkirchen) was a German optometrist.

Life

In 1940, German optometrist Heinrich Wöhlk invented plastic Contact lenses, based on his experiments performed during the 1930s.[http://www.ndr.de/kultur/geschichte/koepfe/heinrichwoehlk101.html NDR.de: Heinrich Woehlk - Leiden für die Linse] In 1951, he started his own company.

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