Emil Fischer

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Emil Fischer was a pioneering German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his foundational work on the chemistry of sugars, purines, and proteins.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
organic chemist
academicAdvisor Adolf von Baeyer
awardReceived Bunsen Medal
Copley Medal
Davy Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: "Nobel Prize in Chemistry"

Royal Medal
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfBirth Prussia
surface form: "Kingdom of Prussia"
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1852-10-09
dateOfDeath 1919-07-15
educatedAt University of Bonn NERFINISHED
University of Strasbourg
employer University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
surface form: "University of Erlangen"

University of Munich NERFINISHED
University of Strasbourg
familyName Fischer
fieldOfWork carbohydrate chemistry
organic chemistry
protein chemistry
purine chemistry
fullName Emil Fischer
surface form: "Hermann Emil Fischer"
givenName Emil
Hermann
influenced development of biochemistry
development of stereochemistry
knownFor Fischer esterification
Fischer projection
elucidation of sugar stereochemistry
peptide synthesis
synthesis of purine derivatives
synthesis of sugars
work on the chemistry of proteins
work on the chemistry of purines
work on the chemistry of sugars
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
NobelPrizeFor work on sugar and purine syntheses
NobelPrizeYear 1902
notableStudent Arthur Harden
Otto Diels
placeOfBirth Euskirchen
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld professor of chemistry
sexOrGender male

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Emil Fischer fullName Emil Fischer
this entity surface form: "Hermann Emil Fischer"
Fischer hasNotableBearer Emil Fischer
Davy Medal notableRecipient Emil Fischer

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