Harry Kroto
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 8 years ago |
Date of birth | October 7,1939 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Wisbech |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 30,2016 |
Died | Lewes |
United Kingdom | |
Awards | Knight Bachelor |
Royal Society of London Michael Faraday Prize | |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry | |
Copley Medal | |
Known for | Buckminsterfullerene |
Spous | Margaret Henrietta Hunter |
Education | The University of Sheffield |
Bolton School | |
Notable student | Perdita Barran |
Steve Acquah | |
Nationality | British |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 996748 |
Harry Kroto Life story
Sir Harold Walter Kroto FRS was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was the recipient of many other honors and awards.