Ernst Otto Fischer

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In 1955 he showed that organometallic (or "sandwich") compounds, now widely used in industry and in biological research, could be constructed of molecules that had previously been thought impossible to combine. Fischer shared the 1973 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with <a href="/people/621/000100321/">Geoffrey Wilkinson</a>, who conducted related work independently in England. He never married. His work was published under his full name, but he was almost universally called "E. O." by students, friends, and colleagues.Father: Karl Tobias Fischer (physicist, d. 1953) Mother: Valentine Danzer (d. 1935)     High School: Theresien Gymnasium, Munich, Germany (1937)     University: Technical University of Munich (attended 1941-42 on military study leave)     University: BS Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (1949)     University: PhD Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (1952)     Lecturer: Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (1955-57)     Teacher: <a href="/edu/705/000068501/">Chemistry, University of Munich (1957-59)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/705/000068501/">Inorganic Chemistry, University of Munich (1959-64)</a>     Professor: Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (1964-84)     Administrator: Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (1964-84)     G鰐tingen Academy Prize for Chemistry 1957     GCS Alfred Stock Memorial Prize 1959     <a href="/honors/213/000068009/">Nobel Prize for Chemistry</a> 1973 (with <a href="/people/621/000100321/">Geoffrey Wilkinson</a>)     <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> Foreign Member     Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 1964     German Academy of Science     German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 1969     <a href="/event/114/000164619/">Taken Prisoner of War</a> (held by Americans during World War II, 1945)     <a href="/lists/905/000108581/">Bavarian Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> Author of books: Metal [pi]-Complexes (<tt>1966</tt>, chemistry; with H. 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