Geoffrey Wilkinson

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardYear 1973
gptkbp:birthDate 1921-07-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Springfield,_Todmorden,_West_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:category gptkb:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Alumni_of_Imperial_College_London
20th-century British chemists
Nobel laureates in Chemistry
People from Todmorden
gptkbp:citation for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so-called sandwich compounds
gptkbp:deathDate 1996-09-26
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Henry_Bassett
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Alwyn_Davies
gptkb:Lesley_Yellowlees
gptkb:Malcolm_Green
gptkb:John_Meurig_Thomas
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Comprehensive_Coordination_Chemistry
gptkbp:education gptkb:Todmorden_Grammar_School
gptkbp:field inorganic chemistry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Geoffrey_Wilkinson
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
Knighthood
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geoffrey Wilkinson
gptkbp:knighted 1976
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wilkinson's_catalyst
organometallic chemistry
work on transition metal complexes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Ernst_Otto_Fischer
gptkbp:notableWork Wilkinson's catalyst (chlorotris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I))
gptkbp:occupation chemist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Wilkinson,_G._(1962)._The_Preparation_and_Properties_of_Tris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I)_Chloride.
gptkb:Wilkinson,_G._(1965)._Comprehensive_Coordination_Chemistry.
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lise_Schmidt
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ernst_Otto_Fischer
gptkb:Ernst_S._Fischer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4