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Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

1877 - 1947

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Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (19 March 1877 in Freiburg im Breisgau – 1 December 1947 in Munich) was a German chemist. He was the founder and first director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Coal Research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Joseph Emil Fischer has received more than 59,563 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Franz Joseph Emil Fischer is the 380th most popular chemist (down from 367th in 2019), the 2,880th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,782nd in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 380 out of 602. Before him are Auguste Laurent, Koichi Tanaka, Rashad Khalifa, Hermann von Fehling, Ernst Otto Beckmann, and Louis Le Chatelier. After him are Jacques Bergier, Friedrich Stromeyer, Tim Hunt, Jan Czochralski, Thomas Andrews, and Allen J. Bard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 82. Before him are Léon Flameng, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Erich von Hornbostel, Béla Kiss, Carl Tanzler, and Maximilian Voloshin. After him are George Hackenschmidt, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Titta Ruffo, Charles Coburn, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, and Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1947, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 106. Before him are Ludwig Kübler, Anton Schall, Carl Hilpert, Evelyn McHale, Andrei Shkuro, and Theodore Romzha. After him are Fiorello H. La Guardia, Georg von Trapp, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Francesc Cambó, Ricarda Huch, and Petar Živković.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 2,880 out of 7,253. Before him are Cornelia Funke (1958), Harold Faltermeyer (1952), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532), and Josias von Heeringen (1850). After him are Ludwig Rellstab (1799), Karl Genzken (1885), Michael Maier (1568), Sebastian Franck (1499), Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787), and Hansi Müller (1957).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ranks 64. Before him are Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Viktor Meyer (1848), Otto Schott (1851), Hermann von Fehling (1812), and Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853). After him are Friedrich Stromeyer (1776), Hugo Schiff (1834), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Albert Niemann (1834), Otto Ambros (1901), and Michael Grätzel (1944).

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