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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1900s (57) 1902 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1850s (38) 1852 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Euskirchen (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1910s (29) 1919 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Berlin (7) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) E (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) E (31) Emil (3) 22. Shared Family Name 22. Shared Family Name E-K (24) F (8) Fischer (4) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 51 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Germany (98) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Berlin (10) Berlin University (7) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Long-term academic staff (20) Bonn (10) Bonn University (10) Alumni (5) Munich (51) University of Munich (42) Long-term academic staff (12) Würzburg (14) University of Würzburg (14) Long-term academic staff (6) Europe, western (390) France (92) Strasbourg (20) University of Strasbourg (20) Alumni (12) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) Academy of Sciences of Turin (33) Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL (36) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) E-P (571) G (195) Göttingen Academy of Sciences (26) L (51) Lincean Academy (51) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (6) Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (54) Royal Society (294) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) B (132) Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (25) C-D (404) C (272) Cothenius Medal (11) D (194) Davy Medal (30) E-F (439) E (135) Elliott Cresson Medal (30) F (394) Faraday Lectureship Prize (22) G-H (389) H (196) Helmholtz Medal (15) O-P (364) P (242) Pour le Mérite (7) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) complete name: Hermann Emil Fischer nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1902 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902 was awarded to Hermann Emil Fischer "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Emil family name: Fischer occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: chemistry work location: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Landshut, Germany description: Hermann Emil Fischer 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. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1902/summary/> date birth: 1852 date death: 1919 usual name: Hermann Fischer