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Born where?

born November 9, 1952 in London

London where? He grew up in Canada, so can we assume he was born in London, Ontario? Wouldn't this also make him a dual citizen? If he was born in the UK, but grew up in Canada, wouldn't this make him tri-citizen? Clarification please. --Rpaege (talk) 18:04, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

His name sounds hungarian —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.231.102.228 (talk) 21:04, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He has Polish last name Szostak (read Shostak) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.151.115.9 (talk) 14:24, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Polish or Hungarian ancestory - it is still wholly possible that he was born in the UK (that country has large hungarian and polish communities)24.63.67.214 (talk) 01:02, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Britannica says: "born Nov. 9, 1952, London, Eng. English-born American biochemist and geneticist who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine" [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by EdQuine (talk • contribs) 04:41, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jack is of Polish ancestry. His father emigrated from Poland and settled in London. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.214.106 (talk) 02:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

I found sources that say he's Canadian here.[2]--Everyone Dies In the End (talk) 03:04, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can also find sources saying he has American citizenship. So should we say he's Canadian-American or Just leave it out. --Everyone Dies In the End (talk) 03:10, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any hard evidence that he is anything but Canadian - if he hs rights to live and work in the US, then maybe he's been happy enough not to apply for US nationality?24.63.67.214 (talk) 01:00, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Small error

Changed "an biologist" to "a biologist". Enord (talk) 04:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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