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Hans Fischer

1881 - 1945

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Hans Fischer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfɪʃɐ] ; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin." Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Fischer is the 85th most popular chemist (down from 64th in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Germany (up from 429th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Chemist.

Hans Fischer was a German chemist who is most famous for his research on the synthesis of indigo.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Hans Fischer ranks 85 out of 602. Before him are Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Frederick Sanger, Carl Bosch, Robert S. Mulliken, and Friedrich Bergius. After him are James B. Sumner, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, J. D. Bernal, Ernst Otto Fischer, Thomas Midgley Jr., and Theodor Svedberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Hans Fischer ranks 22. Before him are Hans Kelsen, Clinton Davisson, Guccio Gucci, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Hermann Staudinger, and Ludwig von Mises. After him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Alexei Rykov, Erwin von Witzleben, and Asta Nielsen. Among people deceased in 1945, Hans Fischer ranks 30. Before him are Pietro Mascagni, Heinrich Müller, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Paul Valéry, Pierre Laval, and Johan Huizinga. After him are David Lloyd George, August von Mackensen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Käthe Kollwitz, Emil Hácha, and Hermann Fegelein.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Fischer ranks 357 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian V of Denmark (1646), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), Paul Hindemith (1895), Klaus Meine (1948), and Hermann Hoth (1885). After him are Julius Streicher (1885), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), and Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Hans Fischer ranks 20. Before him are Robert Bunsen (1811), Justus von Liebig (1803), Karl Ziegler (1898), Hermann Staudinger (1881), Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), and Carl Bosch (1874). After him are Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Manfred Eigen (1927), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Gerhard Ertl (1936), and Julius Lothar Meyer (1830).

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