Harold Urey

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Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.


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instanceOf American scientist
Nobel laureate
chemist
human
physical chemist
academicDegree PhD in chemistry
awardReceived Franklin Medal
J. Willard Gibbs Award
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
burialPlace La Jolla, California, United States
coAuthorOf Miller–Urey experiment paper
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1893-04-29
dateOfDeath 1981-01-05
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
University of Montana
employer Columbia University
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago
familyName Urey
fieldOfWork cosmochemistry
geochemistry
isotope chemistry
physical chemistry
givenName Harold
hasCitizenship American
influenced Stanley Miller
knownFor Miller–Urey experiment
discovery of deuterium
theories on the origin of the Earth
theories on the origin of the solar system
work on isotopes
memberOf American Chemical Society
National Academy of Sciences (United States)
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeMotivation for his discovery of heavy hydrogen
NobelPrizeYear 1934
notableStudent Stanley Miller
participatedIn Manhattan Project
placeOfBirth Walkerton, Indiana, United States
placeOfDeath La Jolla, California, United States
positionHeld professor of chemistry
religion raised in a Christian (Brethren) family
researchFocus isotope separation
origin of the Moon
origin of the planets
sexOrGender male

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