Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Hamilton O. Smith across 4 places, from 1931 to 2025.
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Hamilton Othanel Smith (August 31, 1931 – October 25, 2025) was an American microbiologist and Nobel laureate.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Hamilton O. Smith was documented, and when
31 August 1931exact date
New York Cityattested“Hamilton Othanel Smith was born in New York City on August 31, 1931 and grew up in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
31 August 1931exact date
Urbana-Champaignattested“Hamilton Othanel Smith was born in New York City on August 31, 1931 and grew up in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
1975year
University of Zurichattested“In 1975, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship he spent at the University of Zurich.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
25 October 2025exact date
Ellicott City, Marylandattested“He died at his home in Ellicott City, Maryland, on October 25, 2025, at the age of 94.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
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1950year
University of California, Berkeleymentioned“He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but in 1950 transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his B.A.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
1950year
Urbana-Champaignmentioned“He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but in 1950 transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his B.A.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
1956year
Johns Hopkins School of Medicinementioned“He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1956.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
1995year
The Institute for Genomic Researchmentioned“He later became a leading figure in the nascent field of genomics, when in 1995 he and a team at The Institute for Genomic Research sequenced the first bacterial genome, that of Haemophilus influenzae.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
1998year
The Institute for Genomic Researchmentioned“He subsequently played a key role in the sequencing of many of the early genomes at The Institute for Genomic Research, and in the assembly of the human genome at Celera Genomics, which he joined when it was founded in 1998.”source: Wikipedia: Hamilton O. Smith
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