# George E. Smith

_Nobel prize winning American physicist_

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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."

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 10 May 1930 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P569))
- **Place of birth:** White Plains ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P19))
- **Died:** 28 May 2025 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P570))
- **Place of death:** Barnegat Township ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; photographer; scientist; inventor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P106))
- **Education:** University of Chicago; University of Pennsylvania ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P69))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics; Stuart Ballantine Medal; National Inventors Hall of Fame; Charles Stark Draper Prize; IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award; Edwin H. Land Medal; Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373#P166))

## Questions

**When was George E. Smith born?**  
George E. Smith was born on 10 May 1930 in White Plains.

**Where did George E. Smith study?**  
George E. Smith was educated at University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): George E. Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Smith) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q76373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76373) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-27.jpg by Prolineserver ( talk ) (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nobel_Prize_2009-Press_Conference_KVA-27.jpg)

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"George E. Smith". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/george-e-smith. Retrieved 7 November 2026.