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Sir Harold W. Kroto

nobel prize for chemistry


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Sir Harold W. Kroto
Full Name
of the recipient
Sir Harold W. Kroto
AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
Year of Award1996
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withRobert F. Curl Jr. (33.3%)
Richard E. Smalley (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award
for their discovery of fullerenes
Affiliation
at the Time of Award
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
Place of BirthWisbech, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Birth7 October 1939
Age
at the time of Award
56 years
Place of DeathLewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Death30 April 2016
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