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George E. Smith

Nobel prize winning American physicist

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Lived 1930–2025, aged 95United States
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  • Fame6.2
  • Momentum8.6
  • United States rank#236
  • Scientists rank#143
  • Wikipedia1.1K
  • Wikipedia
    65 languages
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  • Rank in United States
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    Scientists
  • Era
    1930–2025
    Aged 95
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Updated 2026-06-01

George Elwood Smith was an American applied physicist and a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD).

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Scientist
Category
Scientists
Country
United States
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#236
Category rank
#143
Last updated
2026-06-01
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George Elwood Smith was an American applied physicist and a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). Smith shared one half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willard Boyle "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor."

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Category rank
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Born
May 10, 1930
Died
May 28, 2025
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