Pregl, Fritz#

b. Ljubljana, Slovenia (then Laibach), Sept. 3, 1869, d. Graz (Styria), Dec. 13, 1930, chemist; Nobel prize winner 1923 for the quantitative microanalysis of organic combinations. Pioneer of microchemical research. 1903 and from 1913 university professor in Graz, 1910-1913 in Innsbruck, head of the Medical-Chemical Institute of the University in Graz. 1914 Lieben Prize; donated the P. Prize (administered by the Academy of Sciences in Vienna). His methods of analysis of minimal amounts of substances allowed revolutionary research into metabolism, hormones and enzymes. For this P. used particularly sensitive laboratory equipment (e.g. the microbalance); "P's iodine solution", an iodine-based disinfectant, is named after him. P. (with F. Emich) made Graz the centre of microchemical research.

Work: Die quantitative organische Mikroanalyse, 1917.

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