Joseph Smith

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Smith

[smith]
noun
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Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
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Alfred E(manuel), 1873–1944, U.S. political leader.
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Bessie, 1894?–1937, U.S. singer.
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Charles Henry (“Bill Arp”), 1826–1903, U.S. humorist.
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David, 1906–65, U.S. sculptor.
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Edmond Kir·by [kur-bee] , 1824–93, Confederate general in the Civil War.
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Francis Hopkinson, 1838–1915, U.S. novelist, painter, and engineer.
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George, 1840–76, English archaeologist and Assyriologist.
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Hamilton Othanel, born 1931, U.S. microbiologist, codiscoverer of restriction enzymes: Nobel prize 1978.
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Hannah Whit·all [hwit-awl, wit] , 1832–1911, U.S. writer and evangelist.
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Ian Douglas, 1919–2007, Rhodesian political leader: prime minister 1964–79.
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Jed·e·di·ah Strong [jed-uh-dahy-uh strawng, strong] , 1799–1831, U.S. trapper and explorer, one of the mountain men in the early American West.
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John, 1580–1631, English adventurer and colonist in Virginia.
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Joseph, 1805–44, U.S. religious leader: founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Julia Ev·e·li·na [ev-uh-lahy-nuh] , 1792–1886, U.S. suffragist.
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Kathryn Elizabeth (“Kate”), 1909–86, U.S. singer.
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Lo·gan Pear·sall [loh-guhn peer-sawl] , 1865–1946, U.S. essayist in England.
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Margaret Chase, 1897–1995, U.S. politician.
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Michael, 1932–2000, Canadian biochemist, born in England: Nobelprize 1993.
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Oliver, 1918–1994, U.S. set designer and theatrical producer.
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Red (Walter Wellesley Smith), 1905–82, U.S. sports journalist.
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Sydney, 1771–1845, English clergyman, writer, and wit.
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Tony, 1912–80, U.S. sculptor.
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William, 1769–1839, English geologist.
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a male given name.
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Word Origin & History

smith
O.E. smið "one who works in metal" (jewelers as well as blacksmiths), from P.Gmc. *smithaz "skilled worker" (cf. O.S. smith, O.N. smiðr, Dan. smed, O.Fris. smith, O.H.G. smid, Ger. Schmied, Goth. -smiþa, in aiza-smiþa "coppersmith"), from PIE base *smei- "to carve, cut" (cf. Gk. smile
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"knife, chisel"). Attested as a surname since at least c.975. Smithy is from O.E. smiððe, from P.Gmc. *smithjon.
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Medical Dictionary

Smith (smĭth), Hamilton Othanel. Born 1931.

American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics.

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Science Dictionary
Smith, , Michael 1932-2000.  
British-born Canadian biochemist who developed a method for making a specific genetic mutation at any spot on a DNA molecule. He shared with American biochemist Kary B. Mullis the 1993 Nobel Prize for chemistry.
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