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Michael Smith 2000 Deaths

Michael SmithAge: 68 scientist who shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his contribution to genetics. As a professor at the University of British Columbia, he determined how to change…

Rosalynn Smith Carter Biography

Rosalynn Smith CarterFirst LadyBorn: 8/18/1927Birthplace: Plains, Georgia Rosalynn Smith Carter has long championed the rights of women, children, and the mentally ill. As first lady, she…

Annie Smith Peck Biography

Annie Smith Peckmountain climber Born: 1850Birthplace: Providence, R.I. Annie Smith Peck had a distinguished academic career, including a master's degree from the University of Michigan and…

Mark Smith 2001 Deaths

Mark SmithAge: 41 former Illinois basketball standout, who along with teammate Eddie Johnson formed the from 1978-81 and led the Illini to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 18 years;…

Leslie Smith 2005 Deaths

Leslie SmithAge: 87 British toymaker who cofounded Lesney Products, the manufacturer of Matchbox cars. The first car debuted in 1952, and by 1962, Lesney was producing more than 50 million…

Al Smith 2002 Deaths

Al SmithAge: 73 Chicago White Sox outfielder, who became the unlucky subject of one of baseball's most famous photographs when a fan spilled a cup of beer on his head as he watched a ball hit…

Phil Smith 2002 Deaths

Phil SmithAge: 50 All-American guard at the University of San Francisco and a member of the Golden State Warriors' 1975 NBA championship squad; not heavily recruited out of high school, he…

Louise Smith 2006 Deaths

Louise SmithAge: 89 race-car driver on the Nascar circuit from 1945 to 1956. She won 38 events and was the first woman inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Died:…

Brewer's: Smith's Prize-man

One who has obtained the prize (25), founded in the University of Cambridge by Robert, Smith, D.D. (once master of Trinity), for proficiency in mathematics and natural philosophy. There…

Brewer's: Wayland Smith's Cave

A cromlech near Lambourn, Berkshire. Scott, in his Kenilworth (chap. xiii.), says, “Here lived a supernatural smith, who would shoe a traveller's horse…