When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.

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.