Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz:
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz was a German chemist.
Birth:
September 7, 1829 in Darmstadt, Germany
Death:
July 13, 1896 in Bonn, Germany
Claim to Fame:
Kekulé was a German theoretical chemist who was the first to describe the ring structure of benzene and that carbon could have a valence of 4. These discoveries involving the carbon atom greatly expanded the understanding of organic chemistry.
