Harold Urey

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American scientist Nobel laureate chemist human physical chemist

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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Harold Urey canonical 5
Harold C. Urey 4
H. C. Urey 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American scientist ⓘ
Nobel laureate ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physical chemist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in chemistry ⓘ
awardReceived Franklin Medal ⓘ
Willard Gibbs Medal ⓘ
surface form: J. Willard Gibbs Award

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
burialPlace La Jolla, California, United States ⓘ
coAuthorOf Miller–Urey experiment ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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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Met Lab → employed → Harold Urey ⓘ
Willard Gibbs Medal → notableRecipient → Harold Urey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold C. Urey
Committee on Political and Social Problems → hasMember → Harold Urey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold C. Urey
Urey → usedBy → Harold Urey ⓘ
Walkerton, Indiana, United States → hasNotableNative → Harold Urey ⓘ
subject surface form: Walkerton, Indiana
Walkerton, Indiana, United States → hasNotablePerson → Harold Urey ⓘ
subject surface form: Walkerton, Indiana
Miller–Urey experiment → conductedBy → Harold Urey ⓘ
Stanley Miller → doctoralAdvisor → Harold Urey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold C. Urey
Stanley Miller → influencedBy → Harold Urey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold C. Urey
nitrogen-15 → discoveredBy → Harold Urey ⓘ
this entity surface form: H. C. Urey