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Harry Kroto

FRS
Sir; Harry Kroto; FRS
	Kroto in 2010
Born	Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939; Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Died	30 April 2016 (aged 76); Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Sheffield
Known for	Buckminsterfullerene
Children	David and Stephen
Awards	FRS (1990); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996); Knight Bachelor (1996); Michael Faraday Prize (2001);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Florida State University; University of Sussex;
Thesis	The spectra of unstable molecules under high resolution (1964)
Influences	Harry Heaney
	Kroto's voice recorded 2014
Website	www.kroto.info

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Sir Harold Walter Kroto, FRS (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner, 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016),^[1] known as Harry Kroto, was an English chemist.^[2]

Kroto shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He spent a large part of his career at the University of Sussex, where he was an emeritus professor.^[3] Kroto was an early supporter of Asteroid Day.^[4]^[5]

Kroto was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1992.^[6]

Kroto died on 30 April 2016 in Lewes, East Sussex from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 76.^[7]

References

↑ "Harry Kroto (1939–2016): A salesman of science in the best sense of the term". Wave Function. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
↑ Ghosh, Pallab 2016. Tributes for Nobel prize chemist Harry Kroto. BBC News Science & Environment. [1]
↑ "Harold Kroto: University of Sussex". University of Sussex. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
↑ "Asteroid Day tries to save life as we know it". The Observer. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
↑ "Sir Harry Kroto Official page on Asteroid Day". Asteroid Day. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
↑ "Harold Kroto". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
↑ Nicholas St. Fluer (May 4, 2016). "Harold Kroto, Nobel Prize Winning Chemist, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

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[Wave_Function-1] "Harry Kroto (1939–2016): A salesman of science in the best sense of the term". Wave Function. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[2] Ghosh, Pallab 2016. Tributes for Nobel prize chemist Harry Kroto. BBC News Science & Environment. [1]

[3] "Harold Kroto: University of Sussex". University of Sussex. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[Observer-4] "Asteroid Day tries to save life as we know it". The Observer. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[Asteroid_Day-5] "Sir Harry Kroto Official page on Asteroid Day". Asteroid Day. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-02.

[6] "Harold Kroto". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.

[7] Nicholas St. Fluer (May 4, 2016). "Harold Kroto, Nobel Prize Winning Chemist, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

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+{{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Sir Harold Walter Kroto''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner, 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016),<ref name="Wave Function">{{cite web|url=http://wavefunction.fieldofscience.com/2016/05/harry-kroto-1939-2016-salesman-of.html|title=Harry Kroto (1939–2016): A salesman of science in the best sense of the term|publisher=Wave Function|date=1 May 2016|access-date=2 May 2016}}</ref> known as '''Harry Kroto''', was an [[English people|English]] [[chemistry|chemist]].<ref>Ghosh, Pallab 2016. Tributes for Nobel prize chemist Harry Kroto. ''BBC News'' Science & Environment. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36202752]</ref>
-Kroto shared the 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] with [[Robert Curl]] and [[Richard Smalley]] for their discovery of [[fullerenes]]. He spent a large part of his career at the [[University of Sussex]], where he was an [[emeritus]] professor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harold Kroto: University of Sussex|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/1523|publisher=University of Sussex|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref> Kroto was an early supporter of [[Asteroid Day]].<ref name="Observer">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/13/asteroid-day-anniversary-tunguska-siberia|title=Asteroid Day tries to save life as we know it|work=The Observer|date=13 June 2015|accessdate=13 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Asteroid Day">{{cite web|url=http://asteroidday.org/page/harold-kroto/|title=Sir Harry Kroto Official page on Asteroid Day|publisher=Asteroid Day}}</ref>
+Kroto shared the 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] with [[Robert Curl]] and [[Richard Smalley]] for their discovery of [[fullerenes]]. He spent a large part of his career at the [[University of Sussex]], where he was an [[emeritus]] professor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harold Kroto: University of Sussex|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/1523|publisher=University of Sussex|access-date=2 May 2016|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309212213/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/1523|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kroto was an early supporter of [[Asteroid Day]].<ref name="Observer">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/13/asteroid-day-anniversary-tunguska-siberia|title=Asteroid Day tries to save life as we know it|work=The Observer|date=13 June 2015|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Asteroid Day">{{cite web|url=http://asteroidday.org/page/harold-kroto/|title=Sir Harry Kroto Official page on Asteroid Day|publisher=Asteroid Day|access-date=2016-05-02|archive-date=2016-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604140426/http://asteroidday.org/page/harold-kroto/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+Kroto was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Kroto_Harold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Kroto_Harold |title=Harold Kroto |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref>
+Kroto died on 30 April 2016 in [[Lewes]], [[East Sussex]] from complications of [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/science/harold-kroto-nobel-prize-winning-chemist-is-dead-at-76.html|title=Harold Kroto, Nobel Prize Winning Chemist, Is Dead at 76|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 7, 2016|date=May 4, 2016|author=Nicholas St. Fluer}}</ref>
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-*[http://www.fsu.edu/profiles/kroto/ Florida State University page]
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v t e Winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1901–1925	van 't Hoff (1901) · E. Fischer (1902) · Arrhenius (1903) · Ramsay (1904) · von Baeyer (1905) · Moissan (1906) · Buchner (1907) · Rutherford (1908) · Ostwald (1909) · Wallach (1910) · Curie (1911) · Grignard / Sabatier (1912) · Werner (1913) · Richards (1914) · Willstätter (1915) · Haber (1918) · Nernst (1920) · Soddy (1921) · Aston (1922) · Pregl (1923) · Zsigmondy (1925)
1926–1950	Svedberg (1926) · Wieland (1927) · Windaus (1928) · Harden / von Euler-Chelpin (1929) · H. Fischer (1930) · Bosch / Bergius (1931) · Langmuir (1932) · Urey (1934) · F. Joliot-Curie / I. Joliot-Curie (1935) · Debye (1936) · Haworth / Karrer (1937) · Kuhn (1938) · Butenandt / Ružička (1939) · de Hevesy (1943) · Hahn (1944) · Virtanen (1945) · Sumner / Northrop / Stanley (1946) · Robinson (1947) · Tiselius (1948) · Giauque (1949) · Diels / Alder (1950)
1951–1975	McMillan / Seaborg (1951) · Martin / Synge (1952) · Staudinger (1953) · Pauling (1954) · du Vigneaud (1955) · Hinshelwood / Semyonov (1956) · Todd (1957) · Sanger (1958) · Heyrovský (1959) · Libby (1960) · Calvin (1961) · Perutz / Kendrew (1962) · Ziegler / Natta (1963) · Hodgkin (1964) · Woodward (1965) · Mulliken (1966) · Eigen / Norrish / Porter (1967) · Onsager (1968) · Barton / Hassel (1969) · Leloir (1970) · Herzberg (1971) · Anfinsen / Moore / Stein (1972) · E. O. Fischer / Wilkinson (1973) · Flory (1974) · Cornforth / Prelog (1975)
1976–2000	Lipscomb (1976) · Prigogine (1977) · Mitchell (1978) · Brown / Wittig (1979) · Berg / Gilbert / Sanger (1980) · Fukui / Hoffmann (1981) · Klug (1982) · Taube (1983) · Merrifield (1984) · Hauptman / Karle (1985) · Herschbach / Lee / Polanyi (1986) · Cram / Lehn / Pedersen (1987) · Deisenhofer / Huber / Michel (1988) · Altman / Cech (1989) · Corey (1990) · Ernst (1991) · Marcus (1992) · Mullis / Smith (1993) · Olah (1994) · Crutzen / Molina / Rowland (1995) · Curl / Kroto / Smalley (1996) · Boyer / Walker / Skou (1997) · Kohn / Pople (1998) · Zewail (1999) · Heeger / MacDiarmid / Shirakawa (2000)
2001–present	Knowles / Noyori / Sharpless (2001) · Fenn / Tanaka / Wüthrich (2002) · Agre / MacKinnon (2003) · Ciechanover / Hershko / Rose (2004) · Grubbs / Schrock / Chauvin (2005) · Kornberg (2006) · Ertl (2007) · Shimomura / Chalfie / Tsien (2008) · Ramakrishnan / Steitz / Yonath (2009) · Heck / Negishi / Suzuki (2010) · Shechtman (2011) · Lefkowitz / Kobilka (2012) · Karplus / Levitt / Warshel (2013) · Betzig / Hell / Moerner (2014) · Lindahl / Modrich / Sancar (2015) · Sauvage / Stoddart / Feringa (2016) · Dubochet / Frank / Henderson (2017) · Arnold / Smith / Winter (2018) · Goodenough / Whittingham / Yoshino (2019) · Charpentier / Doudna (2020) · MacMillan / List (2021) · Bertozzi / Meldal / Sharpless (2022) · Bawendi / Brus / Ekimov (2023) · Baker / Hassabis / Jumper (2024)