Fritz Feigl

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birth_date = birth date|1891|5|15
birth_place = Vienna Austria-Hungary
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nationality = Austrian til 1944
Brazilian
death_date = death date and age|1971|1|23|1891|5|15
death_place = Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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alma_mater = University of Vienna
doctoral_advisor = Wilhelm Schlenk
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Fritz Feigl (May 15, 1891 - January 23, 1971) was an Austria-born chemist. He taught at the University of Brazil.

Life and Work

Feigl was born and studied in Vienna, but owing to his military service in the First World War he had to interrupt his studies. He received his Ph.D. for work with Wilhelm Schlenk in 1920. After his habilitation in 1928 he became a Professor at the University of Vienna. He was forced to retire after the Nazi occupation of Austria in 1938.

Feigl was able to get to Belgium and work there. After the occupation of Belgium he was imprisoned in a concentration camp, but was able to reach Portugal and from there Brasil in 1940.

He worked at the University of Rio de Janeiro and became a Brazilian citizen in 1944.

Literary works

* "Qualitative Analyse mit Hulfe von Tüpfelreaktionen", 1931
* "Chemistry of specific, selective and sensitive reactions", 1949
* "Spot tests in [inorganic analysis", 1958
* "Spot tests in organic analysis", 1966