About
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.
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Milestones, by age
Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.
- ~33Named Guggenheim Fellowship1954
- ~52Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1973
- ~60Received the Royal Medal1981
- ~75Received the Davy Medal1996
Sources
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- Geoffrey Wilkinson (Q274128) · Wikidata
- Geoffrey Wilkinson · Wikipedia
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