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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 · Italiano
Michael Smith (Blackpool, 26 aprile 1932 – Vancouver, 4 ottobre 2000) è stato un chimico inglese. Smith ha ricevuto il Premio Nobel per la chimica nel 1993 per i suoi studi sulla mutagenesi a seguito della riorganizzazione degli oligonucleotidi e le sue implicazioni nello studio delle proteine.
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