| Authorised form of name | Urey; Harold Clayton (1893 - 1981) |
| Dates | 1893 - 1981 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | Walkerton, Indiana, USA |
| Date of birth | 29 April 1893 |
| Place of death | La Jolla, California, USA |
| Date of death | 05/01/1981 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Geophysics |
| Planetary science |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1934 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 01/05/1947 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1940 |
| Source | Sources:
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 |
| Code | NA1884 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1947/28 | Urey, Harold Clayton: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/926/8/2/1 | Papers 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 Pillinger | 5 February 1975 - 17 April 1975 |
| RR/79/103 | Referee's report by Cecil Edwin Henry Bawn, on a paper 'The concentration of certain elements at the earth's surface' by Harold Clayton Urey | 1 July 1953 |