| Birth: | Apr. 29, 1893
Walkerton
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA | | Death: | Jan. 5, 1981
La Jolla
San Diego County
California, USA | 
Scientist. A co-discoverer of deuterium (or heavy hydrogen), for which he was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize for chemistry. His early research was with the entropy of diatomic gases and problems of atomic structure, absorption spectra and the structure of molecules. He was the author of "Atoms, Molecules and Quanta" and "The Planets: Their Origin and Development". (bio by: Elizabeth Reed)
Search Amazon for Harold Urey | | | Burial:
Fairfield Cemetery
Fairfield Center
De Kalb County
Indiana, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Elizabeth Reed
Record added: Jun 22, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 14672677 |
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