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Harry Kroto

Harold Walter Krotoschiner

British chemist (1939-2016).

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Sex or Gender

Member Of

Academia Europaea

(1992 - )

:

AE Section Chemical Sciences

: 1992

(1990)

: 1990

National Academy of Sciences

(2006 - )

Subject Has Role

:

Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences

: 2006

Academy of Sciences of Turin

(5/11/2005 - )

: 5/11/2005

Date of Birth

10/7/1939

Instance Of

Award Received

17 items

(2004)

Award Rationale

: In recognition of his seminal contributions to understanding the fundamental dynamics of carbon chain molecules, leading to the detection of these species (polyynes) in the interstellar medium by radioastronomy, and thence to the genesis of a new era in c

: 2004

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

(1996)

Award Rationale

: for their discovery of fullerenes

Award Rationale

: för deras upptäckt av fullerener

:

:

Richard Smalley

: 1996

: 2,466,666 Swedish krona

Honorary Doctor of Tel Aviv University

Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense

(2012)

: 2012

Michael Faraday Prize

(2001)

: 2001

Doctor Honoris Causa of Keiō University

Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

(1981)

: 1981

Honorary Doctorate of Hasselt University

(5/28/1993)

: 5/28/1993

Honorary Doctor of the University of Bielefeld

(1997)

: 1997

Longstaff Prize

(1993)

: 1993

James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

(1992)

: 1992

(1997)

: 1997

IET Kelvin Lecture

(1998)

: 1998

EPS Europhysics Prize

(1994)

: 1994

Honorary Doctor of the University of Poitiers

(12/14/2011)

: 12/14/2011

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Educated At

University of Sheffield

Place of Birth

Country of Citizenship

Occupation

University Teacher

Official Website

http://www.kroto.info/

Given Name

Position Held

President of the Royal Society of Chemistry

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Employer

University of Sussex

Florida State University

University of Florida

Date of Death

4/30/2016

Noble Title

Knight Bachelor

(1995 - )

: 1995

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Place of Death

Field of Work

Molecular Spectroscopy

Manner of Death

Name in Native Language

Harold Walter Kroto

Cause of Death

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Different From

Guido Gillarduzzi

:

Two People with the Same Date of Birth and Date of Death

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Influenced By

Family Name

Religion or Worldview

Residence

Described by Source

Harry Kroto (1939-2016).

Depicted By

Sir Harry Kroto

:

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University of Sussex

Place of Burial

Clayton Wood Natural Burial Ground

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