Fieser, Louis F. (Louis Frederick), 1899-1977
Variant namesLouis Frederick Fieser (1899-1977) and Mary Peters Fieser (1909-1997) were chemists at Harvard University. Louis was the Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Mary was his co-researcher and co-published with Louis.
From the description of Papers of Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, 1899-1996. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228506797
Louis Frederick Fieser, 1899-1977, and Mary Peters Fieser, 1909-1997 were chemists at Harvard University. Louis was the Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry, Mary was his co- researcher and co-published with Louis, but, except for her status as a student at Radcliffe and a brief period as a research fellow, she had no official standing in the University.
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1899:
Louis Fieser born April 7 in Columbus, Ohio -
1909:
Mary Peters born May 27 in Atchison, Kansas -
1920:
Louis Fieser graduates from Williams College -
1920 -1924 :Louis Fieser pursues graduate studies at Harvard University under James B. Conant -
1924:
Louis Fieser earns Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard; his thesis is on the oxidation-reduction potential of quinones -
1925:
Frankfurt-am-Main Louis Fieser does post-doctoral work at Frankfurt-am-Main and Oxford University on a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship from Harvard Louis Fieser begins teaching at Bryn Mawr College -
ca. 1925 -ca. 1930 :Louis Fieser publishes papers on quinone chemistry -
1926:
Mary Peters begins undergraduate studies at Bryn Mawr; all her chemistry courses are taught by Louis Fieser -
1930:
Mary Peters graduates from Bryn Mawr, enters Radcliffe College to begin graduate study in chemistry Louis Fieser leaves Bryn Mawr, begins teaching at Harvard -
1932:
Louis Fieser and Mary Peters (Fieser) marry -
early-mid 1930's:
Fieser/s publish papers on aromaticity -
1935:
Experiments in Organic Chemistry by Louis F. Fieser is published -
mid-late 1930s:
Fieser/s develop synthetic methods for carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -
1936:
Mary Peters Fiesers receives MA in Chemistry from Radcliffe First edition of The Chemistry of Natural Products related to Phenanthrene by Louis Fieser is published -
1937:
Louis Fieser becomes Sheldon Emery Professor at Harvard -
1939:
Synthesis of Vitamin K is published Louis Fieser receives honorary degree from Williams College -
ca. 1939 -ca. 1945 :War-related research includes study of quinone anti-malarials and incendiaries -
1940:
Louis Fieser becomes a member of the National Academy of Sciences -
1941:
Louis Fieser becomes a member of the American Philosophical Society and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Louis Fieser receives Katharine Berkan Judd Prize for Cancer Research -
1942:
Research on incendiaries leads to the invention of napalm -
1944:
Organic Chemistry by Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser is published -
1953:
Louis Fieser receives an honorary degree from the University of Paris -
1959:
Steroids by Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser is published Louis Fieser receives two teaching awards: The American Chemical Society's James Flack Norris Award and The Manufacturing Chemists Association award -
1960:
Style Guide for Chemists by Louis Fieser and Mary Fieser is published -
1963:
Louis Fieser receives the American Chemical Society's Nichols Medal -
1967:
First volume of Reagents for Organic Synthesis edited by Louis Fieser and Mary Fieser is issued -
1968:
Louis Fieser becomes Emery Professor (emeritus) at Harvard, joins Smith College as Neilson Professor -
1971:
Mary Fieser receives the American Chemical Society's Garvan Medal -
1977:
Louis Fieser dies July 25 -
1996:
Harvard dedicates the Louis and Mary Fieser Laboratory for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry -
1997:
Mary Fieser dies March 22 -
2004:
Volume 22 of Reagents for Organic Synthesis is issued
From the guide to the Papers of Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, 1899-1996., (Harvard University Archives)
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| creatorOf | Harvard University. Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department special collections, 1861-2008. | Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Harvard University. News Office. Photographs : slides taken by the News Office, ca. 1955-1976 (inclusive). | Harvard University Archives. | |
| creatorOf | Papers of Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, 1899-1996. | Harvard University Archives. | |
| referencedIn | William Ernest Hocking papers | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Fieser, Louis F. (Louis Frederick), 1899-1977. Papers of Louis F. Fieser and Mary Fieser, 1899-1996. | Harvard University Archives. | |
| referencedIn | Papers of George Wald, 1927-1996 | Harvard University Archives. | |
| referencedIn | Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 | Harvard University Archives. |
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