Stanislav Brebera
Born(1925-08-10)10 August 1925
Died11 May 2012(2012-05-11) (aged 86)

Stanislav Brebera (10 August 1925 – 11 May 2012) was a Czech chemist. He was born in Přelouč and died in Pardubice.[1]

Brebera spent his career in Czechoslovakian state-hold Research Institute for Chemical Industry, currently Explosia Pardubice. He is best known for the developing the plastic explosive known as Semtex in the late 1950s, which was put on the market in 1964.[2]

References

  1. ^ Dubský, Kamil (18 May 2012). "Zemřel vynálezce trhaviny Semtex" (in Czech). Deník. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Semtex". Radio Prague. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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