# 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 14 July 1921 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Todmorden ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P19))
- **Died:** 26 September 1996 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P570))
- **Place of death:** London ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United Kingdom ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; university teacher; non-fiction writer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P106))
- **Education:** Imperial College London ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P69))
- **Awards:** Guggenheim Fellowship; Fellow of the Royal Society; Royal Medal; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry; Davy Medal; Ludwig Mond Award; honorary doctorate of the University of Granada; Knight Bachelor; Longstaff Prize ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128#P166))

## 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.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Geoffrey Wilkinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Wilkinson) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q274128](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274128) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Geoffrey Wilkinson ca. 1976.png by Smokefoot (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geoffrey_Wilkinson_ca._1976.png)

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## Cite this page

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