Richard E Smalley Biography

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NAME: Richard E Smalley
OCCUPATION: Chemist
BIRTH DATE: June 06, 1943
DEATH DATE: October 28, 2005
EDUCATION: Hope College, University of Michigan, Princeton University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Akron, Ohio
PLACE OF DEATH: Houston, Texas

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Richard E. Smalley was an American chemist best known for discovering a new form of carbon, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Richard E. Smalley was an American chemist, born in Akron, Ohio, USA. He studied at Princeton University, then moved to Rice University, Houston, in 1976. He shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1996 for his contribution to the discovery of fullerenes (1985).

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Chemist, born in Akron, Ohio, USA. He studied at Princeton University, then moved to Rice University, Houston, in 1976. He shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1996 for his contribution to the discovery of fullerenes (1985).