August Bischler was a Crimea German, Swiss chemist

Chemist

A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...

 who together with Bernard Napieralski discovered the Bischler-Napieralski reaction

Bischler-Napieralski reaction

The Bischler–Napieralski reaction is an intramolecular electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction that allows for the cyclization of β-arylethylamides or β-arylethylcarbamates. It was first discovered in 1893 by August Bischler and Bernard Napieralski, in affiliation with Basle Chemical Works and...

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Life

He received his Ph. D at the University of Zurich

University of Zurich

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 1889 worked at the University of Zurich

University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

 and from 1899 at the University of Basel

University of Basel

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. After becoming a Swiss citizen in 1925 he worked in the chemical industry in Geneve.

Bernard Napieralski

Bernard Napieralski was a Ph. D student of Bischler at the University of Zurich

University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

 in 1893. Napieralski was born in Ostrowy

Ostrowy

Ostrowy may refer to the following places:*Ostrowy, Łódź Voivodeship *Ostrowy, Gmina Gozdowo in Masovian Voivodeship *Ostrowy, Gmina Zawidz in Masovian Voivodeship...

, Poland

Poland

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, 1861.