(1852–1919) German organic chemist and Nobel Prize winner who elucidated the structures of carbohydrates and proteins.
Keywords: sugars; proteins; purines; enzymes; Adolf von Baeyer; Hermann Fischer
Fischer, Emil Hermann
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: August 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002515
| Further Reading | |
| book Fischer E (1966) "Nobel lecture". In: Nobel Lectures Chemistry (1901–1921). Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| book Fischer E (1922) Aus meinem Leben. Reprint 1987. Berlin: Springer. | |
| book Fischer E and Bergmann M (1906–24) Untersuchungen, 8 vols. Berlin: Springer. | |
| book Farber E (1972) "Emil Fischer". In: Gillispie CC (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 5, pp. 1–5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Forster MO (1933) "Fischer Memorial Lecture". Chemical Society Memorial Lectures 1914–1932, pp. 1–46. London: Chemical Society. | |
| book Fruton JS (1990) Contrasts in Scientific Style, chapter 5 and appendix 6. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. | |
| book Hoesch K (1921) Emil Fischer, sein Leben und sein Werk. Berlin: Verlag Chemie. | |
