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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.