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Richard Smalley
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Richard Smalley

Scientist · born June 6, 1943 · died 2005

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Richard Errett Smalley was an American chemist who was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy at Rice University.

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  1. ~53Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1996

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