In 1934, Harold Clayton Urey won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Born: April 29, 1893 Walkerton, Indiana, U.S..
Died: January 5, 1981 (aged 87) La Jolla, California, U.S..
Education: Earlham College University of Montana (BS), University of California, Berkeley (PhD).
Known as: Discovery of deuterium Miller–Urey experiment Carbonate–silicate cycle, aka “Urey reactions”.
Awards: Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1934), Willard Gibbs Award (1934), Davy Medal (1940), Franklin Medal (1943), Medal for Merit (1946), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1947), J. Lawrence Smith Medal (1962), National Medal of Science (1964), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1966), Priestley Medal (1973), V. M. Goldschmidt Award (1975).
Fields: Physical chemistry.
