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Emil Fischer was born on October 9, 1852, and died on July 15, 1919. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Chemistry collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Fischer received one Nobel Prize.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1902
“in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hermann
- Family name
- Fischer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Euskirchen
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Educated at
- University of Strasbourg
- Employer
- University of Strasbourg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- professor
- Doctoral advisor
- Adolf von Baeyer
- Student of
- August Kekulé
- Doctoral student
- Oskar Piloty
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Hermann Emil Fischer. Photograph by Atelier Victoria, 1895. Wellcome V0027668 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Munich
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- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- student
- Otto Heinrich Warburg
- date of birth
- 1852-10-09
- date of death
- 1919-07-15
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Encyclopedic overview
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer FRS FRSE FCS ( German pronunciation: [ˈeːmiːl ˈfɪʃɐ] ; 9 October 1852 – 15 July 1919) was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He also developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of drawing asymmetric carbon atoms. He also hypothesized lock and key mechanism of enzyme action. He never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Emil Fischer.
Early years and career
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