# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:48:28.967Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  George Elwood Smith was born May 10, 1930. An American applied physicist, he co-invented the charge-coupled device with Willard Boyle — a semiconductor circuit that could capture and convert light into electronic signals. The breakthrough reshaped imaging technology across medicine, astronomy, and consumer electronics. For that work, Smith shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died May 28, 2025.