This book is a translation of Emil Fischer¿s autobiography published in 1922 by Verlag von Julius Springer, Berlin, Germany. It is the first translation of this work into English, guiding the reader through the life of a man who was one of the greatest chemists of all time. Emil Fischer published very important papers on sugars, purines, and peptides. His proof of the stereo chemistry of glucose remains one of the great intellectual and practical achievements of science. The book is of great benefit to the current and future generations of chemists, giving them the chance to get to know Emil Fischer's life story.

Chapter 1. Early Youth.- Chapter 2. Parents.- Chapter 3. Gymnasium.- Chapter 4. Student Times.- Chapter 5. Munich.- Chapter 6. Erlangen.- Chapter 7. Würzburg.- Chapter 8. Berlin Time.- Chapter 9. The Academy of Sciences.- Chapter 10. The Chemical Society.- Chapter 11. The Chemical Institute in the Georgenstrasse.

David M. Behrman attended Ohio State (BS, 1980), Duke (MS, 1987), and the University of North Carolina (MS, 1996) and taught mathematics for 19 years at Somerset Community College in Somerset, Kentucky, before retiring in 2017.  He studied German at the Goethe Institute (1979) on a summer fellowship from the DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service, and he did some graduate work in chemistry at the University of Kentucky while on sabbatical leave (2005-06).

Edward J. Behrman was born on December 13, 1930. He holds a B. S., Yale, 1952;  Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1957;  postdoctoral work at Harvard & Brown, 1957-1964. Asst. Professor, Biochemistry, Ohio State University, 1965. Edward J. Behrman was Associate Professor, 1967, was Professor, 1969-2005, and is Professor Emeritus, 2005-present.