Harry Kroto
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Harry Kroto was a British chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C60), a key advance in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harry Kroto canonical | 2 |
| David Kroto | 1 |
| Harold Walter Kroto | 1 |
| Sir Harry Kroto | 1 |
| Stephen Kroto | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1128407 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Kroto Context triple: [Davy Medal, notableRecipient, Harry Kroto]
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Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
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Hugh Longuet-Higgins
Hugh Longuet-Higgins was a British mathematician and academic, known primarily as the father of theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist Christopher Longuet-Higgins.
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C.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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D.
Derek H. R. Barton
Derek H. R. Barton was a Nobel Prize–winning British chemist renowned for his pioneering work in conformational analysis and major contributions to organic chemistry.
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E.
John Polanyi
John Polanyi is a Canadian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry Kroto Target entity description: Harry Kroto was a British chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C60), a key advance in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
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A.
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
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B.
Hugh Longuet-Higgins
Hugh Longuet-Higgins was a British mathematician and academic, known primarily as the father of theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist Christopher Longuet-Higgins.
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C.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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D.
Derek H. R. Barton
Derek H. R. Barton was a Nobel Prize–winning British chemist renowned for his pioneering work in conformational analysis and major contributions to organic chemistry.
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E.
John Polanyi
John Polanyi is a Canadian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British scientist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
University of Sheffield
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University of Sussex ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
ⓘ
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ
surface form:
Fellow of the Royal Society
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Royal Medal ⓘ |
| birthName |
Harry Kroto
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Harold Walter Kroto
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| causeOfDeath | motor neurone disease ⓘ |
| coDiscoveredWith |
Richard Smalley
ⓘ
Robert Curl ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-10-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-04-30 ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in Chemistry ⓘ |
| discovered | buckminsterfullerene ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Sheffield ⓘ |
| employer | University of Sussex ⓘ |
| familyName | Kroto ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
carbon chemistry
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chemistry ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Harry Kroto
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
David Kroto
Harry Kroto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Stephen Kroto
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| influencedField |
materials science
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nanomaterials ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovery of buckminsterfullerene
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contributions to nanotechnology ⓘ research on fullerenes ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Harry Kroto self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for the discovery of fullerenes ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
buckminsterfullerene
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surface form:
buckminsterfullerene (C60)
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| notableWork | identification of C60 molecule ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Wisbech
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surface form:
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
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| placeOfDeath |
Lewes, East Sussex
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surface form:
Lewes, East Sussex, England
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| positionHeld | Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sussex ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
astrochemistry
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carbon clusters ⓘ molecular spectroscopy ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Henrietta Hunter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Harry Kroto Description of subject: Harry Kroto was a British chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C60), a key advance in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harold Walter Kroto
this entity surface form:
Stephen Kroto
this entity surface form:
David Kroto
this entity surface form:
Sir Harry Kroto