Harry Kroto
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Harry Kroto was a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for discovering a new form of carbon called buckminsterfullerene, a spherical molecule also known as a "buckyball." His discovery opened up an entirely new field of chemistry and materials science with potential applications in medicine, electronics, and nanotechnology.
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Sir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016) was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was the recipient of many other honors and awards.
Kroto ended his career as the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University, which he joined in 2004. Prior to this, he spent approximately 40 years at the University of Sussex.
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1939 births2016 deathsAcademics of the University of SussexAlumni of the University of SheffieldBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish nanotechnologistsCarbon scientistsChemists of the University of SussexDeaths from motor neuron disease in EnglandEnglish atheistsEnglish chemistsEnglish humanists