Harry Kroto

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Sheffield
gptkbp:award gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Faraday_Lectureship_Prize
gptkb:Longstaff_Prize
gptkb:Italgas_Prize_for_Innovation
gptkbp:birthDate 1939-10-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wisbech,_Cambridgeshire,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-04-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lewes,_East_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Richard_Dixon
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Sheffield
gptkb:Kersal_High_School
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:field gptkb:nanotechnology
chemistry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Harold_Walter_Kroto
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:University_of_Liverpool
gptkb:University_of_Nottingham
gptkb:University_of_Sheffield
gptkb:University_of_Sussex
gptkb:University_of_Huddersfield
gptkb:University_of_East_Anglia
gptkb:University_of_Exeter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harry Kroto
gptkbp:influenced nanoscience
carbon materials research
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of fullerenes
gptkbp:lecturedAt gptkb:Florida_State_University
gptkb:University_of_Sussex
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Richard_Smalley
gptkb:Robert_Curl
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1996
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Buckminsterfullerene_(C60)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
chemist
gptkbp:religion atheist
gptkbp:signature Harry_Kroto_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Hunter
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:website http://www.kroto.info/
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gptkb:Buckminsterfullerene
gptkb:C60:_Buckminsterfullerene
gptkb:David_Kroto
gptkb:Sir_Harold_Walter_Kroto
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6