Sir Harold Kroto
Photo gallery
Sir Harold W. Kroto receiving his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Prize award ceremony, 10 December 1996.
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Sir Harold W. Kroto after receiving his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Prize award ceremony, 10 December 1996.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
All laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1996. From left: physics laureates David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff and Robert C. Richardson, chemistry laureates Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley, medicine laureates Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel, literature laureate Wislawa Szymborska and economic sciences laureate James A. Mirrlees.
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Sir Harold Kroto with his wife Margaret after the award ceremony, 10 December 1996
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Chemistry laureates Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold Kroto and Richard E. Smalley at a press conference, December 1996.
Photo: Boo Jonsson
From left: David M. Lee, Robert C. Richardson, Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert F. Curl Jr and Sir Harold Kroto during a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1996.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Chemistry laureates Harry Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley in 1996.
Photo: Boo Jonsson
Sir Harold Kroto delivering his Nobel Prize lecture on 7 December 1996.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Ten Nobel Laureates of 1996 assembled in Stockholm in December 1996. Back row: Sir Harold W. Kroto, Douglas D. Osheroff, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, James A. Mirrlees, Robert F. Curl Jr. and Richard E. Smalley. Front row: Peter C. Doherty, Wisława Szymborska, David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
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Nine Nobel Laureates of 1996 assembled in Stockholm in December 1996. Back row: Sir Harold W. Kroto, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Richard E. Smalley. Peter C. Doherty, Douglas D. Osheroff. Front row: James A. Mirrlees, Robert F. Curl Jr., David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson.
Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström
Professor Sir H.W. Kroto at his laboratory in the Sussex Fullerene Research Centre.
Copyright © Prof. Sir H.W. Kroto Photo: Nicholas Sinclair
Professor Sir H.W. Kroto during a visit to the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey. Photo taken in 2005.
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Harold Kroto during the interview with Nobelprize.org in Lindau, 2000.
Harold Kroto with models of buckyballs.
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Harold Kroto with a buckyball - a buckminsterfullerene - a molecule composed entirely of carbon. Photo taken in 1996.
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Portrait of Harold Kroto. Photo taken around 1967.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
