Emil Fischer
German chemist
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer FRS FRSE FCS 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.... Wikipedia
Born: October 9, 1852, Euskirchen, Germany
Died: July 15, 1919 (age 66 years), Berlin, Germany
Education: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, University of Bonn, and Strasbourg University
Parents: Julie Poensgen and Laurenz Fischer
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Elliott Cresson Medal
Children: Hermann Otto Laurenz Fischer
Spouse: Agnes Gerlach (m. 1888–1895)