Alfred Werner: References & Edit History

George B. Kauffman, Alfred Werner: Founder of Coordination Chemistry (1966), is the only book-length biography. George B. Kauffman, “Foundation of Nitrogen Stereochemistry,” Journal of Chemical Education, 43(3):155–165 (March 1966), is an annotated English translation of Werner’s doctoral dissertation with detailed discussion. George B. Kauffman, Classics in Coordination Chemistry, Part 1: The Selected Papers of Alfred Werner (1968), contains edited and annotated English translations with commentary of six of Werner’s most important theoretical and experimental papers, including his coordination theory; it also includes a brief biography.