# Fritz Pregl

_Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930)_

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> 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 3 September 1869 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Ljubljana ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P19))
- **Died:** 13 December 1930 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P570))
- **Place of death:** Graz ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Austria; Cisleithania ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; physician; professor; pharmacist; physicist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P106))
- **Education:** University of Graz ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P69))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Lieben Prize ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482#P166))

## Questions

**When was Fritz Pregl born?**  
Fritz Pregl was born on 3 September 1869 in Ljubljana.

**Where did Fritz Pregl study?**  
Fritz Pregl was educated at University of Graz.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Fritz Pregl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Pregl) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q78482](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78482) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Fritz Pregl.jpg (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fritz_Pregl.jpg)

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## Cite this page

"Fritz Pregl". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/fritz-pregl. Retrieved 5 November 2026.