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Emil Fischer , 1852-1919, German organic chemist. He is especially noted for his researches on the structure and synthesis of sugars and of purines and purine base derivatives, e.g., caffeine; for this work he received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His many other valuable discoveries include a method of synthesizing polypeptides. He was an assistant of Adolf von Baeyer and was professor at the universities of Erlangen (1882-85), Würzburg (1885-92), and Berlin (from 1892).

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Fischer, Emil (1852–1919) German chemist; established the structures of, and synthesized, many of the sugars; Nobel Prize 1902.

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