This website figured that Michael Kasha's view was in strong opposition as to how Hans Kuhn, who was a main actor and not just an observer, puts it. So this website asked Hans Kuhn about his involvment in this:
M. Kasha wrote:
I think Noel Bayliss should be given full and primary credit for
developing the free electron model generally for dye molecules. The subsequent
work by Hans Kuhn constitutes an extensive elaboration of this work, and that
of Platt was an extension to polycyclic aromatics, but Noel Bayliss's work
constitutes the landmark, the first full development of the free electron
model in molecular spectroscopy. I believe that this is a notable achievement
in the history of the subject ...
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Hans Kuhn answers:
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