George E. Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George E. Smith

Nobel prize winning American physicist

Date of Birth: 10-May-1930

Place of Birth: White Plains, New York, United States

Profession: photographer, physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

George Elwood Smith (born May 10, 1930) is an American scientist, applied physicist, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD).
He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".
In 2017, Smith was announced as one of four winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, for his contribution to the creation of digital imaging sensors.