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Emil Fischer
1852 – 1919 · aged 67
German chemist (1852–1919)
- Born
- 9 Oct 1852 · Euskirchen
- Died
- 15 Jul 1919 · Berlin
Life timeline
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- 9 Oct 1852BornBorn in Euskirchen
- 1890AwardDavy Medal
- 1898AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1898AwardCothenius Medal
- 1899AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1901AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1902AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1907AwardFaraday Lectureship Prize
- 1909AwardBaly Medal
- 1909AwardHelmholtz Medal
- 1913AwardElliott Cresson Medal
- 15 Jul 1919DiedDied in Berlin
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1852 – 1919).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
Biography
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer (German: [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 the lock and key mechanism of enzyme action. He never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Emil Fischer.
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