| Geoffrey Wilkinson  Born: 14-Jul-1921
Birthplace: Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
Died: 26-Sep-1996
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Organometallic sandwich compounds Father: Geoffrey
Wife: Lise Sølver (m. 1952, two daughters)
Daughter: Anne
Daughter: Pernille
High School: Todmorden Secondary School
University: Imperial College of Science and Technology (1941)
Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1946-50)
Professor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1950-51)
Professor: Harvard University (1951-55)
Professor: Imperial College of Science and Technology (1956-88)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1973 (with Ernst Otto Fischer)
Guggenheim Fellowship 1955
Knighthood 1976
Royal Medal 1981
Davy Medal 1996
Royal Society
Author of books:
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (1962, chemistry, with F. A. Cotton)
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