Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS
(1921-1996)

Fellow of the Royal Society, professor at Imperial College (from 1956), Nobel Chemistry Laureate (1973), and Knight Bachelor (from 1976)

Died aged c. 75

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS (14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996) was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS (1921-1996) 1939-1943 student, 1956-1996 professor, Imperial College. 1973 Nobel Laureate for pioneering studies on organometallic compounds

Chemistry Building, Imperial College Road, SW7, London, United Kingdom where they was

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1973, lived here from 1926 to 1943.

Wellington Road, Todmorden, United Kingdom where they lived (1926-1943)