Muller, Charles

Let us examine further details of the anecdote, to help assess its verisimilitude. Kekule said there that while in London he lived in Clapham Road for "quite a while," but we have no independent confirmation of this. In fact, we noted above that in 1854 he was sharing a flat with Reinhold Hoffmann miles away, in College Place. But Hoffmann departed in September 1854, and Kekule, having lost his roommate, may then have had to scout for less expensive lodgings. A recent search in the London Public Records Office did not reveal Kekule s residences but did unearth the fact that in 1854 Kekule s wealthy half-brother, Charles, was living at 3 Clapham Road, on the Common. So after Hoffmann s departure Kekule may well have moved into, or near, his brother s residence. We also know that Hugo Muller (the third member of the "triple... 

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