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Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS (14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996) was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson (born July 14, 1921, Todmorden, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Sept. 26, 1996, London) was a British chemist, joint recipient with Ernst Fischer of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1973 for their independent work in organometallic chemistry.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973 was awarded jointly to Ernst Otto Fischer and Geoffrey Wilkinson "for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds"
Sep 26, 1996 · Geoffrey Wilkinson. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973. Born: 14 July 1921, Todmorden, United Kingdom. Died: 26 September 1996, London, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1973 was awarded jointly to Ernst Otto Fischer and Geoffrey Wilkinson "for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds"
Dec 18, 1996 · Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, one of this century's most influential chemists, died suddenly at his home in London on September 26, 1996. He was born on July 14, 1921, at Springside in Yorkshire, England, and after Todmorden Secondary School went on to Imperial College, London, in 1939, subsequently graduating at the head of his ...
Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on organometallic chemistry. He discovered ferrocene, developed catalysts for olefin reactions, and wrote a classic textbook with F. Albert Cotton.
