George Pearson Smith (born 10 March 1941)[3][4] is an American biologist and Nobel laureate.

degree from Haverford College in biology, was a high school teacher and lab technician for a year, and earned his PhD degree in bacteriology and immunology from Harvard University.

He spent the 1983–1984 academic year at Duke University with Robert Webster where he began the work that led to him being awarded a Nobel Prize.

Smith is an advocate for equal rights for Palestinians and Israeli Jews in their common homeland, and a strong supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

[11] On the topic of religion, Smith is quoted as saying "I'm not religious or Jewish by birth.