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Geoffrey Wilkinson
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<p>Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society/cWs8TdC5">FRS</a> (14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996) was a <a href="/facts/Nobel_laureate/3vGWzdwa">Nobel laureate</a> English <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a> who pioneered <a href="/facts/Inorganic_chemistry/ErD6ypnb">inorganic chemistry</a> and homogeneous <a href="/facts/Transition_metal/0slGWoLQ">transition metal</a> <a href="/facts/Catalysis/LPBS7TQC">catalysis</a>. </p>