Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.

He became president of the British Association in 1985 and was the founding Chair of the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. See also
Gresham Professor of Astronomy
Fullerian Professorships.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.