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Harold Urey, born on April 29, 1893, in Walkerton, Indiana, was an American scientist with occupations in the fields of astronomy, chemistry, and physics. Urey held citizenship in the United States, and his full name was Harold Clayton Urey. He passed away on January 5, 1981, in La Jolla.
Urey was educated at several institutions, including Earlham College, Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Montana. Harold Urey had Gilbert N. Lewis as his doctoral advisor and several notable doctoral students, such as Irving Friedman, Stanley Miller, Mildred Cohn, Harmon Craig, and Gerald J. Wasserburg.
Urey is known for the discovery of deuterium and received numerous awards for his work, including the 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Davy Medal.
