Chemiker

Emil Fischer

1852 - 1919

Emil Fischer

Hermann Emil Fischer (* 9. Oktober 1852 in Euskirchen; † 15. Juli 1919 in Wannsee) war ein deutscher Chemiker. Als Professor für Chemie wirkte er ab 1879 in München, ab 1881 in Erlangen, ab 1885 in Würzburg und ab 1892 an der Universität Berlin. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2024). Emil Fischer is the 12th most popular chemiker (up from 23rd in 2024), the 80th most popular biography from Germany (up from 191st in 2019) and the most popular German Chemiker.

Emil Fischer is most famous for his work on the purine and pyrimidine bases of DNA.

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Among Chemikers

Among chemikers, Emil Fischer ranks 12 out of 602. Before him are Jabir ibn Hayyan, Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Robert Boyle, and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. After him are Svante Arrhenius, John Stith Pemberton, Edwin McMillan, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Raymond Davis Jr., and August Kekulé.

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Jabir ibn Hayyan
721 - 815
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 6
Irène Joliot-Curie
1897 - 1956
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 7
Amedeo Avogadro
1776 - 1856
HPI: 81.67
Rank: 8
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778 - 1850
HPI: 81.21
Rank: 9
Robert Boyle
1627 - 1691
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 10
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
1852 - 1911
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 11
Emil Fischer
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 12
Svante Arrhenius
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 13
John Stith Pemberton
1831 - 1888
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 14
Edwin McMillan
1907 - 1991
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 15
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779 - 1848
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 16
Raymond Davis Jr.
1914 - 2006
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 17
August Kekulé
1829 - 1896
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 18

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Emil Fischer ranks 6. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Albert A. Michelson, Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. After him are William Ramsay, Henri Moissan, Charles Taze Russell, Gojong of Korea, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Francisco Tárrega. Among people deceased in 1919, Emil Fischer ranks 4. Before him are Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rosa Luxemburg, and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. After him are Theodore Roosevelt, Ernst Haeckel, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Alfred Werner, Gojong of Korea, Karl Liebknecht, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, and Emiliano Zapata.

Others Born in 1852

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Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 1
Albert A. Michelson
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1931
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 2
Henri Becquerel
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1908
HPI: 84.07
Rank: 3
Emperor Meiji
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1912
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 4
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
CHEMIST
1852 - 1911
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 5
Emil Fischer
CHEMIST
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 6
William Ramsay
CHEMIST
1852 - 1916
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 7
Henri Moissan
CHEMIST
1852 - 1907
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 8
Charles Taze Russell
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1852 - 1916
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 9
Gojong of Korea
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 10
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1852 - 1925
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 11
Francisco Tárrega
COMPOSER
1852 - 1909
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1919

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
PAINTER
1841 - 1919
HPI: 86.02
Rank: 1
Rosa Luxemburg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1871 - 1919
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 2
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
PHYSICIST
1842 - 1919
HPI: 83.12
Rank: 3
Emil Fischer
CHEMIST
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 4
Theodore Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1919
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 5
Ernst Haeckel
BIOLOGIST
1834 - 1919
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 6
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 7
Alfred Werner
CHEMIST
1866 - 1919
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 8
Gojong of Korea
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 9
Karl Liebknecht
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1919
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 10
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
NOBLEMAN
1842 - 1919
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 11
Emiliano Zapata
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1919
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 12

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil Fischer ranks 80 out of 7,253. Before him are Albertus Magnus (1206), Karl Lagerfeld (1933), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Richard Strauss (1864), Theodor Mommsen (1817), and Helmut Kohl (1930). After him are Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Martin Bormann (1900), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Clara Zetkin (1857), and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955).

Others born in Germany

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Albertus Magnus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1206 - 1280
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 74
Karl Lagerfeld
FASHION DESIGNER
1933 - 2019
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 75
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
POLITICIAN
1361 - 1419
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 76
Richard Strauss
COMPOSER
1864 - 1949
HPI: 80.88
Rank: 77
Theodor Mommsen
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1817 - 1903
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 78
Helmut Kohl
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2017
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 79
Emil Fischer
CHEMIST
1852 - 1919
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 80
Christoph Willibald Gluck
COMPOSER
1714 - 1787
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 81
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
MATHEMATICIAN
1805 - 1859
HPI: 80.77
Rank: 82
Martin Bormann
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 83
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1050 - 1106
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 84
Clara Zetkin
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1933
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 85
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
955 - 983
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 86