Harmon Craig

Infobox_Scientist
name = Harmon Craig


image_width =
caption = Harmon Craig
birth_date = birth date|1926|3|15
birth_place = New York, United States
residence =
nationality = American
death_date = death date and age|2003|3|14|1926|3|15
death_place = La Jolla, United States
field =
work_institution = Scripps Institution of Oceanography
alma_mater =
doctoral_advisor = Harold C. Urey
doctoral_students =
known_for =
prizes =
religion =
footnotes =

Harmon Bushnel Craig (March 15, 1926 – March 14, 2003) was a American chemist.

Craig studied at the University of Chicago geochemistry and received his Ph.D for work on carbon isotop dating with Harold C. Urey in 1951.

Craig developed new methodes in radiocarbon dating and used the radioisotop and isotop distribution for varius questions in marine-, geo- and cosmochemistry.

Reference

*cite journal
title = Harmon Craig
author = Karl K. Turekian
journal = Biography of the National Academy of Science
volume =
issue =
pages =
year = 2006
url = http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/hcraig.pdf
doi =
*cite journal
title = Obituary: Harmon Craig (1926–2003)
author = Karl K. Turekian
journal = Nature
volume = 423
issue =
pages = 701
year = 2003
url =
doi = 10.1038/423701a
*cite web
url = http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2003EO220005.shtml
title = Harmon Craig (1926–2003)
author = Ray Weiss
*cite web
title = Obituary Notice: Pioneer of Geochemistry Harmon Craig
url = http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/5266
*cite web
url = http://home.earthlink.net/~douglaspage/id82.html
title = Harmon Craig: The Gumshoe of Geochemistry