Geoffrey Wilkinson

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
	Wilkinson, c. 1976
Born	14 July 1921; Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	26 September 1996 (aged 75); London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Imperial College London (PhD)
Known for	Homogeneous transition metal catalysis
Awards	FRS (1965); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1973); Royal Medal (1981); Ludwig Mond Award (1981); Davy Medal (1996);
	Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic chemistry
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley; Harvard University; Imperial College London;
Thesis	Some physico-chemical observations on hydrolysis in the homogeneous vapour phase (1946)
Doctoral advisor	Henry Vincent Aird Briscoe
Other academic advisors	Glenn T. Seaborg (post doctoral advisor)
Doctoral students	Andrew R. Barron; Martin A. Bennett; F. Albert Cotton; Alan Davison; Malcolm Green; John A. Osborn;
Other notable students	Richard A. Andersen (postdoc)

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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