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Harry Kroto
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British chemist (1939-2016)
Harry Kroto was a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for discovering a new form of carbon called buckminsterfullerene, a spherical molecule also known as a "buckyball." His discovery opened up an entirely new field of chemistry and materials science with potential applications in medicine, electronics, and nanotechnology.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1996
“for their discovery of fullerenes”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wisbech
- Place of death
- Lewes
- Occupation
- scientist
- Employer
- University of Florida
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Noble title
- Knight Bachelor
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- fullerene
- Official website
- www.kroto.info
- Image
- Hkroto.jpg
- Residence
- Westhoughton
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- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- Commons category
- Harold Kroto
- date of birth
- 1939-10-07
- Erdős number
- 4
- date of death
- 2016-04-30
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Harold Walter Kroto
- cause of death
- ALS
- interested in
- chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016) 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.
Kroto ended his career as the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University, which he joined in 2004. Prior to this, he spent approximately 40 years at the University of Sussex.
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