Richard Anschütz, August Kekulé, 2 vol. (1929), is an exhaustive study in German of the life and work of Kekule. O. Theodor Benfey (ed.), Kekulé Centennial (1966), collects papers honouring Kekule’s contributions to structural theory. Two worthwhile short biographies are Jean Gillis, “Kekule von Stradonitz, (Friedrich) August,” in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, ed. by Charles Coulson Gillispie, vol. 7, pp. 279–283 (1973); and Alan Rocke, “Kekulé, Butlerov, and the Historiography of the Theory of Chemical Structure,” British Journal for the History of Science, 14:27–57 (1981).
Alan J. Rocke| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 19, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 03, 2023 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 09, 2023 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Chemical Heritage Foundation - Biography of August Kekulé and Archibald Scott Couper. | Nov 18, 2016 | ||
| Added new Web site: Bryn Mawr College - Biography of Archibald Scott Couper and August Kekule von Stradonitz. | Oct 03, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chemical Heritage Foundation - Biography of August Kekulé and Archibald Scott Couper. | Oct 03, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Apr 19, 2007 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Apr 19, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
