AKA Hermann Emil Fischer

Born: 9-Oct-1852
Birthplace: Euskirchen, Prussia, Germany
Died: 15-Jul-1919
Location of death: Berlin, Germany
Cause of death: Suicide

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Investigated sugars and purines

Father: (businessman)
Wife: Agnes Gerlach (dau. of Professor J. von Gerlach, m. 1888, three sons)
Son: (d. WWI)
Son: (d. suicide age 25, during WWI)
Son: Hermann Otto Laurenz Fischer (Professor at UC Berkeley, d. 1960)

    University: University of Bonn
    University: PhD, University of Strasbourg (1874)
    Professor: University of Munich (1875-81)
    Professor: University of Erlangen (1881-88)
    Professor: University of Würzburg (1888-92)
    Professor: Professor of Chemistry, University of Berlin (1892-)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1902
    Davy Medal 1890

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