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Fritz Feigl

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Fritz Feigl · Science & Medicine

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Analytical chemist known for spot-test analysis

When

1891, Vienna, Austria — 1971, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Where

Austria · Brazil

Biography

Fritz Feigl is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Analytical chemist known for spot-test analysis

How & why

Feigl was an Austrian-Brazilian analytical chemist who developed and systematized spot-test analysis, a set of rapid, sensitive qualitative tests for identifying chemical species with tiny samples. His methods became standard tools in analytical laboratories worldwide. Jewish, he fled Nazi persecution in Europe and rebuilt his career in Brazil.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry

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Analytical chemist known for spot-test analysis

1891

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Chemistry