Sigmund Fraenkel or Sigmund Fränkel (22 May 1868, in

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– 7 June 1939, in

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) was a Polish-born chemist who lived and worked in

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, and is notable for being the head of the ''Ludwig-Spiegler-Stiftung'' in Vienna from 1904 and his work in the field of

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, notably on the chemistry of the

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gland. He studied at the

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under Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915) and

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, in

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under Karl Hugo Huppert (1832–1904) and in

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. In 1892 he obtained his doctorate in medicine in Vienna, and in 1896 he was Private Tutor in

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Works

* ''Die Arzneimittel-Synthese auf Grundlage der Beziehungen zwischen chemischen Aufbau und Wirkung : für Ärzte, Chemiker und Pharmazeuten'' . Springer, Berlin 3rd ed. 191
Digital edition
by the

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References

Publications

''Über neue Cholesterin-Derivate'' – Sigmund Fränkel & Paul Dombacher (May 1927)
Austrian chemists Austrian biochemists University of Vienna alumni 1868 births 1939 deaths Scientists from Kraków Polish emigrants to Austria {{Austria-scientist-stub