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Emil Fischer

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Emil Fischer

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German chemist (1852–1919)

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Emil Fischer was a German author and audiobook reader. His published works include *Auktions-Katalog*, *Zur Geschichte der evangelischen Beichte*, *Aus Meinem Leben*, *Introduction to the Preparation of Organic Compounds*, and *Chemical Research in Its Bearings on National Welfare*. He is recognized in the Royal Society, American Academy Arts Sciences, and Nobel Chemistry collections.

Fischer was born on 1852-10-09 and died on 1919-07-15. He is associated with the Nobel Prize and has been referenced by 430 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
92

Top works

  • Auktions-Katalog
  • Zur Geschichte der evangelischen Beichte
  • Aus Meinem Leben
  • Introduction to the Preparation of Organic Compounds
  • Chemical Research in Its Bearings on National Welfare

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Germany
Active from
1966-07-29
german audiobook reader

Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
4

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation

    · 2015 · cited 59,840x

  2. The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities

    · 1973 · cited 19,800x

  3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,964x

  4. All-Atom Empirical Potential for Molecular Modeling and Dynamics Studies of Proteins

    · 1998 · cited 13,361x

  5. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 10,996x

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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”

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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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Commons Creator page
Hermann Emil Fischer
manner of death
natural causes
topic's main category
Category:Emil Fischer
name in native language
Hermann Emil Fischer
member of
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Commons category
Hermann Emil Fischer
described by source
New International Encyclopedia
Commons gallery
Hermann Emil Fischer
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
student
Otto Heinrich Warburg
date of birth
1852-10-09
date of death
1919-07-15
P8168
Restrepo
interested in
chemistry
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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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