Harry Kroto
Harry Kroto | |
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| Born | Harold Walter Krotoschiner 7 October 1939 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 30 April 2016 (aged 76) Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Known for | Buckminsterfullerene |
| Children | David and Stephen |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
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| Thesis | The spectra of unstable molecules under high resolution (1964) |
| Influences | Harry Heaney |
| Website | www |
Sir Harold Walter Kroto, FRS (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner, 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016), known as Harry Kroto, was an English chemist.
Kroto shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He spent a large part of his career at the University of Sussex, where he was an emeritus professor. Kroto was an early supporter of Asteroid Day.
Kroto was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1992.
Kroto died on 30 April 2016 in Lewes, East Sussex from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 76.
References
- ↑ "Harry Kroto (1939–2016): A salesman of science in the best sense of the term". Wave Function. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Ghosh, Pallab 2016. Tributes for Nobel prize chemist Harry Kroto. BBC News Science & Environment.
- ↑ "Harold Kroto: University of Sussex". University of Sussex. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Asteroid Day tries to save life as we know it". The Observer. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ↑ "Sir Harry Kroto Official page on Asteroid Day". Asteroid Day. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ↑ "Harold Kroto". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Nicholas St. Fluer (May 4, 2016). "Harold Kroto, Nobel Prize Winning Chemist, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
Other websites
Media related to Harry Kroto at Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Kroto personal website
- Florida State University page Archived 2014-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- University of Sheffield page
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