Geoffrey Wilkinson

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS
Wilkinson c. 1976
Born	(1921-07-14)14 July 1921 Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died	26 September 1996(1996-09-26) (aged 75) London, England
Education	Imperial College London (PhD)
Known for	Wilkinson's catalyst
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1973) Royal Medal (1981) Ludwig Mond Award (1981) Davy Medal (1996)
Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic chemistry
Workplaces	Chalk River Laboratories University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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	F. Albert Cotton Andrew R. Barron Martin A. Bennett Alan Davison Malcolm Green John A. Osborn
Other notable students	Richard A. Andersen (postdoc)
Website	The Wilkinson Foundation

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.