Sigmund Fraenkel or Sigmund Fränkel (22 May 1868, in Krakau – 7 June 1939, in Geneva) was a Polish-born chemist who lived and worked in Austria, and is notable for being the head of the ''Ludwig-Spiegler-Stiftung'' in Vienna from 1904 and his work in the field of Physiological chemistry, notably on the chemistry of the thyroid gland. He studied at the University of Vienna under Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915) and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, in Prague under Karl Hugo Huppert (1832–1904) and in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

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

Works

* ''Die Arzneimittel-Synthese auf Grundlage der Beziehungen zwischen chemischen Aufbau und Wirkung : für Ärzte, Chemiker und Pharmazeuten'' . Springer, Berlin 3rd ed. 191
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University and State Library Düsseldorf The University and State Library Düsseldorf (german: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf, abbreviated ULB Düsseldorf) is a central service institution of Heinrich Heine University. Along with Bonn and Münster, it is also one of th ...

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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