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Harold W. Kroto

Chemistry

Sir Harold Walter Kroto was an English chemist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes, a class of carbon molecules that includes buckminsterfullerene.

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Field (category)
Chemistry 1
Birth Year
1939 1
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1. Harry Kroto (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia 'Harry Kroto': stated occupation/field in article intro, checked 2026-09-27
  • Wikipedia 'Harry Kroto': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
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