In 1902, Hermann Emil Louis Fischer won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: 9 October 1852 Euskirchen, Rhine Province.
Died: 15 July 1919, Berlin, Germany.
Nationality: German.
Education: University of Bonn, University of Strasbourg.
Known as: Study of sugars & purines.
Awards: Davy Medal (1890), ForMemRS (1899), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1902), Faraday Lectureship Prize (1907), Elliott Cresson Medal (1913).
Fields: Chemistry.