Harold Walter Kroto

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Sheffield
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Harry_Kroto
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1939-10-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wisbech,_Cambridgeshire,_England
gptkbp:category gptkb:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society
Nobel laureates in Chemistry
People from Wisbech
British chemists
English atheists
gptkbp:causeOfDeath motor neurone disease
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-04-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lewes,_East_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Richard_Dixon
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Jonathan_Hare
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Florida_State_University
gptkb:University_of_Sussex
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Jewish
gptkbp:field gptkb:nanotechnology
chemistry
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Vega_Science_Trust
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harold Walter Kroto
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Buckminsterfullerene_(C60)
discovery of fullerenes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Richard_Smalley
gptkb:Robert_Curl
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1996
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:fullerenes
gptkb:Buckminsterfullerene
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
chemist
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:Sir_Harold_Kroto
gptkb:Stephen_Kroto
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6