About Harold Hill Smith
Lived 1910 – 1994 (aged 84). Harold Hill Smith was an American geneticist.
Harold Hill Smith (April 24, 1910 – October 19, 1994) was an American geneticist who first fused a human cell and a plant cell.
Life and career
Born in Kearny, New Jersey, Smith graduated from Rutgers University and earned master's and doctoral degrees in genetics at Harvard University. He then worked for seven years at the United States Department of Agriculture before serving in the United States Navy in World War II.
He was appointed professor of plant genetics at Cornell University and was senior geneticist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1955 to his retirement in 1978. He died of natural causes in State College, Pennsylvania.
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Who was Harold Hill Smith?
American geneticist
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Harold Hill Smith was born on 24 April 1910 in Kearny.
When did Harold Hill Smith die?
Harold Hill Smith died on 19 October 1994 in State College.
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Harold Hill Smith was a geneticist.
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Harold Hill Smith was American.
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