The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1934
Awarded on: 1934-11-15
"for his discovery of heavy hydrogen"
Affiliations:
- Columbia University – New York, NY, USA
Harold Clayton Urey
Born: 1893-04-29 in Walkerton, IN, USA
Gender: male
Field: American physical chemist (1893–1981)
Biography
Harold Clayton Urey was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes. He earned the 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his discovery of heavy hydrogen." He played a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, as well as contributing to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter.