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Geoffrey Wilkinson

nobel prize for chemistry


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Geoffrey Wilkinson
Full Name
of the recipient		Geoffrey Wilkinson
AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
Year of Award1973
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withErnst Otto Fischer (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Place of BirthTodmorden, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Birth14 July 1921
Age
at the time of Award		51 years
Place of DeathLondon, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Death26 September 1996
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