Frederick kekule biography

German organic chemist (1829–1896)

Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (KAY-kə-lay,^[1]German:[ˈfʁiːdʁɪçˈʔaʊɡʊstˈkeːkuleːfɔnʃtʁaˈdoːnɪts]; 7 September 1829 – 13 July 1896), was a German organic chemist.

From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in the field of theoretical chemistry. He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure and in particular the Kekulé structure of benzene.

Name

Kekulé never used his first given name; he was known throughout his life as August Kekulé.

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He did however say it once in his work. After he was ennobled by the Kaiser in 1895, he adopted the name August Kekule von Stradonitz, without the French acute accent over the second "e". The French accent had apparently been added to the name by Kekulé's father during the Napoleonic occupation of Hesse by France, to ensure that French-speakers pronounced the t