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Hamilton Smith
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American microbiologist (1931–2025)
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Hamilton Othanel Smith (1931–2025) was an American biochemist, microbiologist, and biologist. Born in New York City, he worked in microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and genomics. He was employed by Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the J. Craig Venter Institute. Smith was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Smith was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, and Johns Hopkins University. He died in Ellicott City. His works are recognized in the Nobel Laureates, Nobel Medicine, and American Academy Arts Sciences collections.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1931-08-23 ) August 23, 1931, New York City, U.S
- Died
- October 25, 2025 (2025-10-25) (aged 94), Ellicott City, Maryland , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley , BA, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , MD
- Known for
- Restriction enzymes
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1978
- Fields
- Molecular biology , biochemistry , genomics
- Institutions
- Washington University School of Medicine
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1978
“for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hamilton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Ellicott City
- Occupation
- microbiologist
- Educated at
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employer
- J. Craig Venter Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- genomics
- Image
- Hamilton Smith, 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hamilton Othanel Smith
- date of birth
- 1931-08-23
- Erdős number
- 3
- name in native language
- Hamilton Othanel Smith
- date of death
- 2025-10-25
- interested in
- microbiology
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Encyclopedic overview
Hamilton Othanel Smith (August 31, 1931 – October 25, 2025) was an American microbiologist and Nobel laureate.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamilton Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.