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Sir Harry Kroto | |
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| Born | Harold Walter Krotoschiner 7 October 1939 |
| Died | 30 April 2016 (aged 76) Lewes, East Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Known for | Buckminsterfullerene |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
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| Thesis | The spectra of unstable molecules under high resolution (1964) |
| Influences | Harry Heaney |
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]
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. 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.
Other websites
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