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Geoffrey Wilkinson

British Nobel laureate in Chemistry

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Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.

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Born
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Place of birth
Todmorden wd
Died
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Place of death
London wd
Citizenship
United Kingdom wd
Occupation
chemist, university teacher, non-fiction writer wd
Education
Imperial College London wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1954)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Royal Medal (1981)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1973)
  • American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry (1966)
  • Davy Medal (1996)
  • Ludwig Mond Award (1981)
  • honorary doctorate of the University of Granada (1976)
  • Knight Bachelor
  • Longstaff Prize (1987)

Questions

When was Geoffrey Wilkinson born?
Geoffrey Wilkinson was born on 14 July 1921 in Todmorden.
Where did Geoffrey Wilkinson study?
Geoffrey Wilkinson was educated at Imperial College London.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Geoffrey Wilkinson · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q274128 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Geoffrey Wilkinson ca. 1976.png by Smokefoot (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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