Harry Kroto

British chemist (1939-2016) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76

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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2016Died30 April 20162012Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward2011Honorary Doctor of the University of PoitiersAward2004Copley MedalAward2001Michael Faraday PrizeAward1998IET Kelvin LectureAward1997Carbon MedalAwardDalton MedalAward1996Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward1994EPS Europhysics PrizeAward1993Honorary Doctorate of Hasselt UniversityAwardLongstaff PrizeAward1992James C. McGroddy Prize for New MaterialsAward1981Tilden PrizeAward1939Born7 October 1939

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