Awards & Winners

Homer Smith

Date of Birth 02-January-1895
Place of Birth Denver
(Colorado, United States of America, Area code 303, Area code 720, Area codes 303 and 720)
Nationality
Also know as Homer W. Smith
Dr Homer William Smith was an American physiologist and an advocate for science, who spent most of his career at New York University School of Medicine. His research work focused on the kidney and he discovered inulin at the same time as A.N. Richards. Dr. Smith authored several books including From Fish to Philosopher, Man and His Gods, and The Kidney: Structure and function in health and disease. Homer Smith's elegant experiments on the kidney in the 1930s proved beyond any doubt that it operated according to physical principles, both as a filter and a secretory organ, eliminating the last vestige of Vitalism in physiology. He also served on the board of trustees of Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public, from 1952-1955. Dr. Smith is survived by his son, Homer Wilson Smith.

Awards by Homer Smith

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1947


Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(For distinguished research on cardiovascular and renal physiology.)