Prof, Fritz Feigl, an eminent bio-chemist and president of Brazil’s Jewish Community Federation, died here yesterday at the age of 79. Prof. Feigl was born in Vienna and came to Brazil in 1940. He was the author of 600 works in his field and held more than two dozen medals, awards and honorary memberships from scientific institutions in 14 countries. Among the latter were the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovoth and the Vatican Academy of Science.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
