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Michael Smith
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Michael Smith (1932–2000) was a Canadian chemist, biochemist, and geneticist who worked as a university teacher. Born in Blackpool, he was educated at the University of Manchester and later employed by the University of British Columbia. His professional interests included chemistry, with a primary field of work in molecular biology and biochemistry. Smith was an atheist who spoke English.
He received several prestigious honors, including the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Canada Gairdner International Award, and the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and was a member of the Royal Society, the European Molecular Biology Organization, and the National Academy of Sciences. Smith died in Vancouver in 2000.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1993
“for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Blackpool
- Place of death
- Vancouver
- Occupation
- geneticist
- Employer
- University of British Columbia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Image
- Michael Smith cropped.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1932-04-26
- date of death
- 2000-10-04
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Michael Smith
- different from
- Michael J. Smith
- Commons category
- Michael Smith (chemist)
- interested in
- chemistry
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Article · Deutsch
Michael Smith, CC, OBC (* 26. April 1932 in Blackpool, England; † 4. Oktober 2000 in Vancouver, Kanada) war ein kanadischer Chemiker. Er erhielt 1993 den Nobelpreis für Chemie gemeinsam mit Kary B. Mullis.
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