It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family.

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.