Chemist
Fritz Pregl
Microanalysis, which cut the sample needed for organic analysis by a hundredfold.
Fritz Pregl, was a Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician from a mixed Slovene-German-speaking background. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1923 for making important contributions to quantitative organic microanalysis, one of which was the improvement of the combustion train technique for elemental analysis.
- Born
- 1869-09-03, Ljubljana, SloveniaA Friday
- Died
- 1930-12-13, Graz, AustriaA Saturday, aged 61
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1869-09-03, Ljubljana, Slovenia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Ljubljanathe zone used then
Europe/LjubljanaThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 10°55′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 1°59′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 29°24′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 11°57′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 28°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 20°56′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 10°50′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 20°42′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 19°07′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 17°56′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1930-12-13, Graz, Austria · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Viennathe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 20°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 28°47′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 9°26′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 22°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 16°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 18°31′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 11°33′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 11°28′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 5°46′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°22′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Fritz Pregl was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.