This Biography is about one of the best Chemist Harold Urey including his Height, weight, Age & Other Detail…
| Biography Of Harold Urey | |
| Real Name | Harold Urey |
| Profession | Chemists |
| Nick Name | Harold Clayton Urey, Harold C. Urey |
| Famous as | Chemist |
| Nationality | American |
| Personal life of Harold Urey | |
| Born on | 29 April 1893 |
| Birthday | 29th April |
| Died At Age | 87 |
| Sun Sign | Taurus |
| Born in | Walkerton |
| Died on | 05 January 1981 |
| Place of death | La Jolla |
| Family Background of Harold Urey | |
| Father | Samuel Clayton Urey |
| Mother | Cora Rebecca Reinoehl |
| Spouse/Partner | Frieda Urey |
| Education | Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Montana |
| Awards | 1934 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1964 – National Medal of Science Franklin Medal 1966Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 940 – Davy Medal 1973 – Priestley Medal 1946 – Medal for Merit 1934 – Willard Gibbs Award 1965 – National Medal of Science for Physical Science 1969 – Arthur L. Day Medal 1975 – V. M. Goldschmidt Award 1962 – J. Lawrence Smith Medal |
| Personal Fact of Harold Urey | |
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Harold Urey was an American physicist and chemist who came to prominence for his pioneering work on isotopes. He led the discovery of the deuteriuma heavy form of hydrogen that earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934. Other than this, he also played a significant role in the development of atomic bomb during World War II. Urey was born in Walkerton, Indiana to a teacher father. He studied thermodynamics under Gilbert N Lewis and completed his PhD in 1923. Following his doctorate, he started off as a research associate at John Hopkins University before taking up the seat of associate professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. In 1931, Urey discovered the deuterium, which he initially referred to as a heavy form of hydrogen. Following this, he became world renowned as an expert of isotope separation. During World War II, Urey directed his energies towards uranium separation and its enrichment using gaseous diffusion. Post war, Urey took up professorship. Towards the end of his career, he studied space science and was amongst the six scientists who studied space samples brought forth by Apollo 11 at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. |
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