Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer
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a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification.
Born
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer 9 October 1852 Euskirchen, Rhine Province
Died
15 July 1919 (aged 66) Berlin, Germany
Nationality
German
Known for
Study of sugars & purines
Fields
Chemistry
Alma mater
University of Bonn University of Strasbourg
Awards
Davy Medal (1890) ForMemRS (1899) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1902) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1907) Elliott Cresson Medal (1913)
Institutions
University of Munich (1875–81) University of Erlangen (1881–88) University of Würzburg (1888–92) University of Berlin (1892–1919)
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Germany
Doctoral advisor
Adolf von Baeyer Friedrich August Kekulé
Doctoral students
Alfred Stock Otto Diels Otto Ruff Walter A. Jacobs Ludwig Knorr Oskar Piloty Julius Tafel
era
1800+