August Kekulé, full name Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, was a prominent German chemist born on September 7, 1829, and who died on July 13, 1896. He is best known for his contributions to the understanding of chemical structure and for his work on the theory of chemical bonding. Kekulé is particularly famous for proposing the structure of benzene, a key aromatic compound.
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