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Robert Curl

(1933–2022) Chemist

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Robert Curl was a chemist, best known for Killing for Content.

Quick Facts About Robert Curl

Born
August 23, 1933
Died
July 3, 2022
Profession
Chemist
Notable works
Killing for Content

About Robert Curl

Robert Floyd Curl Jr. was an American chemist who was Pitzer–Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of the nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene, and hence the fullerene class of materials, along with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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