IN connexion with the benzene centenary, it may perhaps be pointed out that the name Kekulé is not French. August Kekulé, born in Darmstadt (1829; he died in Bonn, 1896), was a descendant of Wilhelm ...

AT an extra meeting of the Chemical Society, held on Wednesday, December 15, Prof. F. R. Japp, F..R.S., delivered a memorial lecture in honour of the eminent German chemist, Friedrich August Kekulé, ...

In the 19th century, the scientific community puzzled over how the atoms in the mysterious compound benzene were arranged. This "aromatic" molecule soon proved to have a surprisingly simple structure: ...

Source: Auguste Kekulé in Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain In previous posts, I have described Henri Laborit's discovery of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) for psychoses, and how Heinz Lehmann and others ...