Harry Kroto Scientist

Sir Harold (Harry) Walter Kroto, FRS (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939), is an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley. Kroto is the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at the Florida State University, which he joined in 2004. Prior to that, he spent a large part of his career at the University of Sussex, where he now holds an emeritus professorship.

Personal facts

Harry Kroto
Birth dateOctober 07, 1939
Birth nameHarold Walter Krotoschiner
Birth place
Cambridgeshire , Wisbech
Education
University of Sheffield
Known for
Buckminsterfullerene

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