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Authorised form of nameUrey; Harold Clayton (1893 - 1981)
Dates1893 - 1981
NationalityAmerican
Place of birthWalkerton, Indiana, USA
Date of birth29 April 1893
Place of deathLa Jolla, California, USA
Date of death05/01/1981
Research fieldChemistry
Geophysics
Planetary science
ActivityMedals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1934
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election01/05/1947
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1940
SourceSources:
DSB vol 18 pp 943-948
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1983 vol 29 pp 623-659, plate, by K P Cohen, S K Runcorn, H E Suess and H G Thode
CodeNA1884
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1947/28Urey, Harold Clayton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/926/8/2/1Papers relating to the discussion meeting 'The Moon: a new appraisal from space missions and laboratory analyses,' held by the British National Committee on Space Research, of Colin Pillinger5 February 1975 - 17 April 1975
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