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Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)

Born
July 27, 1881
Died
March 31, 1945
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1881

About Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer 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." He worked first at a Medical Clinic in Munich and then at the First Berlin Chemical Institute under Emil Fischer. He conducted microanalyses of more than 60,000 chemical substance, and had won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1930.

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The world when Hans Fischer was born

Hans Fischer was born in 1881. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePresident Garfield assassinated
  • Technology milestoneFirst electric power plant (Godalming, England)
  • World population~1.41B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames A. Garfield / Chester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population51.0M

1881 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Hans Fischer's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18812026
Population51.0M341 million

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