Harold Kroto

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Sheffield
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1939-10-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wisbech,_Cambridgeshire,_England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
gptkbp:children gptkb:David_Kroto
gptkb:Stephen_Kroto
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-04-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lewes,_East_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:C60_(Buckminsterfullerene)
gptkb:Richard_Smalley
gptkb:Robert_Curl
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Richard_Dixon
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Florida_State_University
gptkb:University_of_Sussex
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Jewish
gptkbp:field chemistry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Harold_Walter_Kroto
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harold Kroto
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jonathan_Hare
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Richard_Dixon
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of fullerenes
gptkbp:lecturedAt gptkb:Florida_State_University
gptkb:Royal_Institution
gptkb:University_of_Sussex
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1996
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Jonathan_Hare
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Buckminsterfullerene
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
chemist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:C60:_Buckminsterfullerene
gptkb:The_Fullerenes
Space, Stars, C60, and Soot
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:England
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:signature Harold Kroto signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Hunter
gptkbp:website http://www.kroto.info/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard_Smalley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4