Harry Kroto
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Sir Harold Walter Kroto FRS[2][3] (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.
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Sir Harry Kroto | |
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Born | Harold Walter Krotoschiner (1939-10-07)7 October 1939 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England |
Died | 30 April 2016(2016-04-30) (aged 76) Lewes, East Sussex, England |
Education | Bolton School |
Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
Known for | Buckminsterfullerene |
Spouse |
Margaret Henrietta Hunter
(m. 1963) |
Children | 2 |
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Fields | Chemistry |
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Thesis | The spectra of unstable molecules under high resolution (1964) |
Doctoral students | Perdita Barran[1] |
Website | kroto |
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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.[4]
Kroto promoted science education and was a critic of religious faith.