Emil Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emil Fischer

German chemist

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1852

Place of Birth: Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1919

Profession: chemist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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 never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Emil Fischer.