Timeline April 1893

Events in April 1893 2

• 1893 – 1983 Joan Miro (1893-1983) Died 25 December 1983, aged 90 Joan Miro was a Spanish painter and sculptor associated with Surrealism, known for his distinctive style of abstract, biomorphic shapes and bold color. His work spanned painting, sculpture, and ceramics over a career of more than six decades. He is considered one of the twentieth century's most important artists.
• 1893 – 1981 Harold Urey (1893-1981) Died 5 January 1981, aged 87 American chemist Harold Urey, who won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering deuterium, died in La Jolla, California, on 5 January 1981. He also contributed to the Manhattan Project and later pioneered research into the chemical origins of life. His work with student Stanley Miller produced the influential Miller-Urey experiment.