Hamilton O. Smith

Hamilton O. Smith, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1931-08-23 in New York, NY, USA

Gender: male

Field: American biologist

Biography

Hamilton Othanel Smith is an American microbiologist and Nobel laureate.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978

Awarded on: 1978-10-12

"for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics"

Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MD, USA