List of Famous people with last name Urey

Harold Urey

First Name Harold

Last Name Urey

Born on April 29, 1893

Died on January 5, 1981 (aged 87)

Born in France, Pays de la Loire

Harold Clayton Urey was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium. He played a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, as well as contributing to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter.

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