Geoffrey Wilkinson
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921-07-14
- Died
- 1996-09-26
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Review of the Literature, 1982-1994 Vol. 14
- Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry Vol. 4 : Groups VIIA
- Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry Vol. 6 : Nickel, Palladium and Platinum
- Complete Organic and Metallic Chemistry
- Cure for Indifference, a Comedy
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- 55
- Total plays
- 298
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Deep learning
· 2015 · cited 72,770x
- ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks
· 2017 · cited 31,384x
- Learning representations by back-propagating errors
· 1986 · cited 23,639x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 13,866x
- The WEKA data mining software
· 2009 · cited 13,057x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1921-07-14 ) 14 July 1921, Todmorden , West Riding of Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 26 September 1996 (1996-09-26) (aged 75), London, England
- Alma mater
- Imperial College London (PhD)
- Known for
- Wilkinson's catalyst
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1973) Royal Medal (1981) Ludwig Mond Award (1981) Davy Medal (1996)
- Fields
- Inorganic chemistry
- Institutions
- Chalk River Laboratories University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University Imperial College London
- Thesis
- Some physico-chemical observations on hydrolysis in the homogeneous vapour phase (1946)
- Doctoral advisor
- Henry Vincent Aird Briscoe
- Other academic advisors
- Glenn T. Seaborg (post doctoral advisor)
- Doctoral students
- F. Albert Cotton Andrew R. Barron Martin A. Bennett Alan Davison Malcolm Green John A. Osborn
Key dates
- Born
- 14 July 1921
- Died
- 26 September 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Geoffrey
- Family name
- Wilkinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Todmorden
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Educated at
- Imperial College London
- Employer
- Imperial College London
Article
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS (14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996) was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.
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