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Harry Kroto

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British chemist (1939-2016)

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Sir Harold Walter Kroto 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.

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2012honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
2011honorary doctor of the University of Poitiers
2004Copley Medal
2001Michael Faraday Prize
1998IET Kelvin Lecture
1997Carbon Medal
1997Dalton Medal
1996Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1994EPS Europhysics Prize
1993honorary doctorate of Hasselt University
1993Longstaff Prize
1992James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
1981Tilden Prize
honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University
doctor honoris causa of Keiō University
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
honorary doctor of the University of Bielefeld

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2016 · aged 76
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32 languages

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