| Authorised form of name | Kekule; August (1829 - 1896) |
| Other forms of name | Friedrich August Kekule von |
| Friedrich August |
| Other forms of surname | Stradonitz |
| Kekule von Stradonitz |
| Dates | 1829 - 1896 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Darmstadt, Germany |
| Date of birth | 07 September 1829 |
| Place of death | Bonn, Germany |
| Date of death | 13 July 1896 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Giessen (archictecture)
Career:
Met Leibig at Giessen and was influenced to take up chemistry; travelled to Paris, Switzerland and England; returned to Heidelberg and set up a chemical laboratory; Professor of Chemistry, Ghent (1858); Professor of Chemistry, Bonn (1865-1896)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 08/04/1875 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1885 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Sir Harold Hartley, 'Stanislao Cannizzaro, FRS (1826-1910) and the First International Chemical Conference at Karlsruhe in 1860' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 56-63 |
| Code | NA6344 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1875/10 | Kekule, August: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/373/1/5 | Letter from August Kekule, Bonn, to John Watts | 11 July 1870 |
| MS/373/1/91 | Testimonial by August Kekule, Bonn, supporting Thomas Edward Thorpe | 11 July 1870 |
| NLB/1/72 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor August Kekule, Bonn | 19 February 1886 |
| NLB/13/264 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 17 July 1896 |
| NLB/13/685 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Edward Frankland, Foreign Secretary, Royal Society | 4 November 1896 |
| NLB/23/2/340 | Copy letter sent from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Francis Robert Japp, Fellow of the Royal Society | 29 May 1903 |
| NLB/23/2/347 | Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to Professor Dr R Anschutz, Chemisches Institut, Bonn | 8 June 1903 |
| MM/10/102 | Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong | 6 November 1896 |
| AP/37/3 | Paper, 'On a new series of sulphuretted [sulphuric] acids' by August Kekulé | 1854 |