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1829–1896 Germany

Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (7 September 1829 – 13 July 1896) was a German organic chemist. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in theoretical chemistry.

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Also known as: August Kekule, Kekulé, Kekule

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One of the snakes had seized hold of its own tail, and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes.

I fell into a reverie, and lo, the atoms were gamboling before my eyes.

Statements about a reverie in 1854 (1890)

Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps we shall learn the truth . . . but let us beware of publishing our dreams before they have been approved by the waking mind.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: August Kekulé (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.