Robert Curl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert Curl

American chemist

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1933

Place of Birth: Alice, Texas, United States

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
(born August 23, 1933) is a University Professor Emeritus, Pitzer–Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Rice University.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of the nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene, along with Richard Smalley (also of Rice University) and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex.