CHEMIST

August Kekulé

1829 - 1896

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Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz ( KAY-kə-lay, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈkeːkuleː fɔn ʃtʁaˈdoːnɪts]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Kekulé has received more than 663,090 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). August Kekulé is the 40th most popular chemist (down from 30th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Germany (down from 282nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Chemist.

August Kekulé is most famous for his discovery of the ring-shaped structure of benzene.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, August Kekulé ranks 40 out of 602. Before him are Henrik Dam, Tu Youyou, John Stith Pemberton, Gertrude B. Elion, Carl Bosch, and Henri Moissan. After him are Valery Legasov, Adolf von Baeyer, Adolf Butenandt, Gerty Cori, Kurt Alder, and Alfred Werner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, August Kekulé ranks 4. Before him are Levi Strauss, Oscar II of Sweden, and Geronimo. After him are Chester A. Arthur, Anton Rubinstein, John Everett Millais, Auguste Beernaert, Philip Sclater, Asaph Hall, Theodor Billroth, and Alfred Brehm. Among people deceased in 1896, August Kekulé ranks 6. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Clara Schumann, Anton Bruckner, Paul Verlaine, and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. After him are William Morris, Ivar Aasen, Hippolyte Fizeau, Otto Lilienthal, José Rizal, and John Everett Millais.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Kekulé ranks 328 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Michael Haneke (1942), and Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781). After him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Einhard (770), Karl Haushofer (1869), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), and Adolf von Baeyer (1835).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, August Kekulé ranks 9. Before him are Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Emil Fischer (1852), Eduard Buchner (1860), Justus von Liebig (1803), Robert Bunsen (1811), and Carl Bosch (1874). After him are Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Adolf Windaus (1876), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Otto Diels (1876), and Richard Willstätter (1872).

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