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 Sir Harry Kroto | |||
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| Born | Harold Walter Krotoschiner 7 October 1939 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Unitit Kinrick | ||
| Died | 30 Apryle 2016 (aged 76) | ||
| Naitionality | Breetish | ||
| Alma mater | Varsity o Sheffield | ||
| Kent for | Buckminsterfullerene | ||
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Margaret Henrietta Hunter | ||
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| Scientific career | |||
| Fields | Chemistry | ||
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| Thesis | The spectra o unstable molecules unner heich resolution (1964) | ||
| Influences | Harry Heaney[2] | ||
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Sir Harold Walter Kroto, FRS[1] (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 Aprile 2016[3]), kent as Harry Kroto, wis an Inglis chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry wi Robert Curl an Richard Smalley for thair discovery o fullerenes.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2015-03-16.
- ↑ "Sir Harold Kroto – Nobel Autobiography".
- ↑ Davis, Nicola (2 May 2016). "Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel prize-winning chemist, dies at 76". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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