Harry Kroto

Sir

Harry Kroto

FRS
Sir; Harry Kroto; FRS
	Kroto in 2010
Born	Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939; Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	30 April 2016 (aged 76); Lewes, East Sussex, England
Education	Bolton School
Alma mater	University of Sheffield
Known for	Buckminsterfullerene
Spouse	Margaret Henrietta Hunter (m. 1963)
Children	2
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996); Knight Bachelor (1996); Dalton Medal (1997); Michael Faraday Prize (2001); Copley Medal (2004);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Florida State University; University of Sussex;
Thesis	The spectra of unstable molecules under high resolution (1964)
Doctoral students	Perdita Barran
Website	kroto.info

Sir Harold Walter Kroto FRS (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.

Kroto promoted science education and was a critic of religious faith.

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