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Michael Smith

1932 - 2000

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Michael Smith (April 26, 1932 – October 4, 2000) was a British-Canadian biochemist and businessman. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. Following a PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester, he undertook postdoctoral research with Har Gobind Khorana (himself a Nobel Prize winner) at the British Columbia Research Council in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Subsequently, Smith worked at the Fisheries Research Board of Canada Laboratory in Vancouver before being appointed a professor of biochemistry in the UBC Faculty of Medicine in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Smith is the 318th most popular chemist (down from 259th in 2019), the 1,418th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,015th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Chemist.

Michael Smith is most famous for being the co-host of the TV show "Good Morning America."

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Michael Smith ranks 318 out of 602. Before him are William Henry, Fritz London, Anselme Payen, Smithson Tennant, Aziz Sancar, and Yuan T. Lee. After him are William Henry Perkin, Dan Shechtman, Tapputi, Alexander Butlerov, Charles Friedel, and Roger Y. Tsien.

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Among people born in 1932, Michael Smith ranks 119. Before him are Yukio Shimomura, Paolo Villaggio, Tatsuya Nakadai, Piper Laurie, Geraldine McEwan, and Manuel Puig. After him are John G. Thompson, Oscar de la Renta, Meir Kahane, Stuart Hall, Mustafa Tlass, and Dieter Rams. Among people deceased in 2000, Michael Smith ranks 70. Before him are Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, David Tomlinson, Maurice Richard, Hubert Maga, and Don Budge. After him are Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Loretta Young, Lazar Koliševski, Heinz Harmel, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, and Giorgio Bassani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Smith ranks 1,418 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Zayn Malik (1993), Alan Moore (1953), Julia Ormond (1965), John McLaughlin (1942), and Lord Alfred Douglas (1870). After him are Duncan Edwards (1936), Catherine Ashton (1956), James Lind (1716), William Henry Perkin (1838), William Booth (1829), and Vinnie Jones (1965).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Michael Smith ranks 42. Before him are Fraser Stoddart (1942), Thomas Graham (1805), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Thomas Andrews (1813), William Henry (1774), and Smithson Tennant (1761). After him are William Henry Perkin (1838), Tim Hunt (1943), Frederick Abel (1827), Martin Lowry (1874), William Prout (1785), and Edward Frankland (1825).

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