Background
Fichter was born on the July 6th, 1869 and attended the University of Basel from 1888 to 1890 and then the University of Strasbourg.
chemist rector university professor
Fichter was born on the July 6th, 1869 and attended the University of Basel from 1888 to 1890 and then the University of Strasbourg.
He studied under Rudolf Fittig and become his assistand in 1893. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 1984 and in 1896 he habilitated and became a "Privatdozent".
His main field of interest was electrochemistry. He initiated the founding of the scientific journal Helvetica Chimica Acta. The two worked with the chemistry Professor Rudolf Nietzki, who retired in 1911.
Fichter retired in 1939 and died in 1952.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.