# August Kekulé

> He dreamed up the structure of benzene — the ring that unlocked modern organic chemistry — and spent half a century as one of Europe's foremost voices in theoretical chemistry.

*German organic chemist (1829–1896)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1829-09-07
- **Died:** 1896-07-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Friedrich August Kekulé was born on 7 September 1829 in Germany. From the 1850s onward, he rose to prominence across Europe as a theoretical chemist, building the foundations of chemical structure theory. His principal achievement was the Kekulé structure of benzene, a conceptual breakthrough that reshaped how molecules could be understood. He remained at the center of European chemistry until his death on 13 July 1896.

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## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #19th Century

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