Statues - Hither & Thither

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Bonn
Stadt Bonn
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Meckenheimer Allee 168, Poppelsdorf

August Kekulé von Stradonitz

Darmstadt 1829 - Bonn 1896
German organic chemist; principal founder of the theory of chemical structure
(Wikipedia)

Hans Everding
Noack (Leipzig)
1903

Description

Bronze statue in the center of a semi-circular granite wall with benches, and in the balustrate hexagons, Kekulés benzol model. At both ends are two sphinxes. On the front of the pedestal is a relief. This relief shows the eternal young Science, personified as a young woman, giving Kekulé's Benzel model to the Technique, represented by two workers. Behind Science is a bust of Athene.

Bonn - August Kekulé von Stradonitz

Inscription(s)

AUGUST KEKULÉ

Signature

h. everding 1903

Bonn - August Kekulé von Stradonitz

Sculptor

Hans Everding (Gelsenkirchen 1876 - Kassel 1914), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Personen-Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Liste von Denkmälern von Mathematikern, Naturwissenschaftlern, Medizinern und Technikern.
Richard Anschütz, Der Chemiker August Kekulé - Band 1: Leben und Wirken (1929), pp. 650-652.

Locatie (N 50°43'33" - E 7°5'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw475; Photograph: 15 September 2015
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