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Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

1877 - 1947

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Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (19 March 1877 in Freiburg im Breisgau – 1 December 1947 in Munich) was a German chemist. He was the founder and first director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research. He is known for the discovery of the Fischer–Tropsch process. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Joseph Emil Fischer is the 382nd most popular chemist (down from 380th in 2019), the 2,794th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,880th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 382 out of 602. Before him are Albert Ghiorso, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Jacques Bergier, Hermann von Fehling, and Arthur Aikin. After him are Nikolay Zelinsky, Agnes Pockels, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Edward Calvin Kendall, Isabella Karle, and Charles Frédéric Gerhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 79. Before him are Hélène Dutrieu, Noël Bas, Erik Scavenius, Charles Coburn, Alice B. Toklas, and Georges Catroux. After him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Isidora Sekulić, Max Factor, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Joanni Perronet, and Otto Herschmann. Among people deceased in 1947, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 100. Before him are Victor Goldschmidt, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, August Eigruber, Sándor Garbai, Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, and August Schmidhuber. After him are Francesc Cambó, Andrei Shkuro, Carl Hilpert, Ludwig Kübler, Lyuh Woon-hyung, and Marie Belloc Lowndes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 2,795 out of 7,253. Before him are Alfred Wünnenberg (1891), Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental (1652), Luigi Colani (1928), Hans von Marées (1837), Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony (1782), and Michael Rummenigge (1964). After him are Martin Walser (1927), Werner Schroeter (1945), Sabina of Bavaria (1492), Udo Lindenberg (1946), Leo Löwenthal (1900), and Franz Reuleaux (1829).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 64. Before him are Carl Reichenbach (1788), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Otto Schott (1851), Viktor Meyer (1848), Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), and Hermann von Fehling (1812). After him are Heinrich Rose (1795), Adolph Frank (1834), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Otto Ambros (1901), Leonor Michaelis (1875), and Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853).

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