Harold Urey - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1934
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Harold Urey

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1934
for his discovery of heavy hydrogen
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
4/29/1893
place of birth
Walkerton
date of death
1/5/1981
place of death
La Jolla
Lived
87 years
employer
  • Lunar and Planetary Institute
    • start time: 1969
  • Columbia University
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Chicago
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of California, San Diego
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 5/1/1947
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1935
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • Indian National Science Academy
  • American Astronomical Society
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Physical Society
  • Century Association
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
educated at
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Montana
  • Earlham College
  • Columbia University
doctoral student
  • Harmon Craig
  • Mildred Cohn
  • Stanley Miller
  • Gerald J. Wasserburg
field of work
  • physics
  • physical chemistry
occupation
  • physicist
  • chemist
  • university teacher
  • physical chemist
  • writer
  • astronomer
  • zoologist
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