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Fischer, Emil Hermann (1852–1919)

Emil Fischer

Emil Fischer was a German organic chemist and pioneer of biochemistry, who was awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the structures of sugars and purines, simple members of both of which families he synthesized. Fischer also synthesized peptides and studied enzyme action in the breakdown of proteins. He was the first to recognize the importance of stereochemistry.