Hermann Emil Fischer
(1852-1919)
German Chemist
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Hermann Emil Louis Fischer FRS FRSE FCS (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.
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9 October 1852 Euskirchen, Germany
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15 July 1919 (aged 66) Berlin, Germany
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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