Two Bolton School Old Boys - Nobel Prize winner Sir Harry Kroto
and Chess Grandmaster Nigel Short, have been awarded Honorary
Doctorates from the University of Bolton.
The University awards the Honorary Doctorates to those who are
examples of the shining talent of Bolton, in fields of particular
interest to the University - from those successful in the media,
the academic world, the creative industries of entertainment and
music, as well as sport.
Sir Harry is one of the world's best known Chemists and his
discovery of the carbon molecule, C60 Buckminsterfullerene,
led to him being awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in
1996. Nigel Short became a Grandmaster at age 19 and is often
regarded as the strongest English chess player of the 20th
century.
Former Chair of Governors at Bolton School, Sir Alan
Cockshaw, was also honoured, along with Jerry Glover formerly of
Bolton Lads and Girls Club and other well known figures including
Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce.