Karl Theophil Fries

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name = Karl Theophil Fries


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birth_date = birth date|1875|3|13
birth_place = Kiedrich, Germany
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death_date = death date and age|1962|9|6|1875|3|13
death_place = Marburg, Germany
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work_institution = University of Marburg,
Technical University at Brunswick
alma_mater = University of Marburg
doctoral_advisor = Theodor Zincke,
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known_for = Fries rearrangement
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Karl Theophil Fries (March 13, 1875 - September 6, 1962) was a German chemist.

Life

Karl Theophil Fries was born in Kiedrich, Germany on birth date|1875|3|13. After his family moved to Frankfurt he went to school there, but choose to study chemistry at the near University of Marburg in 1894.After one year in Darmstadt University of Technology to improve his skills in electrochemistry he received his Ph.D with Theodor Zincke back at the University of Marburg in 1899. He became professor in Marburg until the retirement of Theodor Zincke and the start of World War I in 1914. He took part as soldier in the whole war from 1914 till 1918. He became professor at the Technical University at Brunswick in 1918 and staid ther until a conflict with some nazi habilitants in 1938. After his forced retirement in 1938 he went back to Marburg where he was able to teach chemistry at the university. Karl Fries died September 6, 1962 in Marburg and was burried near his academic advisor Theodor Zincke.

References

*cite journal
title = Karl Fries. 1875-1962
author = H. Bestian
journal = Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft
volume = 117
issue = 11
pages = XXIII–XLI
year = 1984
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doi = 10.1002/cber.19841171102