Emil Fischer
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 105 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 9,1852 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Euskirchen |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | July 15,1919 |
| Died | Berlin |
| Germany | |
| Field | Chemistry |
| Job | Chemist |
| Education | Strasbourg University |
| University of Bonn | |
| University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | |
| Books | Chemical Research in Its Bearings on National Welfare |
| Exercises in the Preparation of Organic Compounds | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Elliott Cresson Medal | |
| Davy Medal | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | |
| Spouse | Agnes Gerlach |
| Known for | Study of sugars & purines |
| Children | Hermann Otto Laurenz Fischer |
| Parents | Julie Poensgen |
| Laurenz Fischer | |
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| ID | 471904 |
Emil Fischer Life story
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer FRS FRSE FCS 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.
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