Physicist
George E. Smith
American physicist and co-inventor of the charge coupled device, which put a sensor in every camera.
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."
- Born
- 1930-05-10, White Plains, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 2025-05-28, Barnegat Township, USAA Wednesday, aged 95
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1930-05-10, White Plains, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 19°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 23°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 2°28′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Gemini | 12°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 12°15′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 19°20′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 11°35′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 13°26′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 0°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 17°45′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2025-05-28, Barnegat Township, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 7°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 29°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 5°42′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 21°46′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 19°17′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 27°15′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 0°15′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 27°55′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 1°48′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 3°41′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment George E. Smith was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.