Category: Copley Medal

Categories: Science and Technology Honors and Medals | Royal Society

The Copley Medal is an award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science." It alternates between the physical and the biological sciences. Given every year, the medal is the oldest Royal Society medal awarded and the oldest surviving scientific award in the world, having first been given in 1731 to Stephen Gray, for "his new Electrical Experiments: – as an encouragement to him for the readiness he has always shown in obliging the Society with his discoveries and improvements in this part of Natural Knowledge".

B

Henry Baker 08 May 1698 London, England - 25 Nov 1774

James Bradley 1692 Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England - 13 Jul 1762

William Bragg 31 Mar 1890 Adelaide, South Australia (Australia) - 01 Jul 1971

Frank Burnet 03 Sep 1899 Traralgon, Victoria (Australia) - 31 Aug 1985

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Charles Cavendish 17 Mar 1704 England - 28 Apr 1783

Henry Cavendish 10 Oct 1731 Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 24 Feb 1810

Arthur Cayley 16 Aug 1821 Richmond, Surrey, England - 26 Jan 1895

James Cook 07 Nov 1728 Marton, Yorkshire, England - 14 Feb 1779

Astley Cooper 23 Aug 1768 Brooke, Norfolk, England - 12 Feb 1841

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George Darwin 09 Jul 1845 Downe, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 07 Dec 1912

Edward Delaval abt 1729 Newburn, Northumberland, England - 14 Aug 1814

Jean Desaguilers 1683 Le Douhet à Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France - 29 Feb 1744

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Albert Einstein 14 Mar 1879 Ulm, Königreich Württemberg, Deutsches Reich - 18 Apr 1955

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Benjamin Franklin 17 Jan 1706 Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 17 Apr 1790

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William Hewson 14 Nov 1739 Hexham, Northumberland, England - 01 May 1774

Archibald Hill 26 Sep 1886 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jun 1977

Joseph Hooker 30 Jun 1817 Halesworth, Suffolk, England - 10 Dec 1911

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Thomas Huxley 04 May 1825 Ealing, London, England - 29 Jun 1895

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Charles Lyell 14 Nov 1797 Angus, Scotland - 22 Feb 1875

M

Nevil Maskelyne 05 Oct 1732 London, England - 09 Feb 1811

Roderick Murchison abt 22 Feb 1792 Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, Scotland - 22 Oct 1871

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Alexander Todd 02 Oct 1907 Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 10 Jan 1997

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Alfred Wallace 08 Jan 1823 Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire, Wales - 07 Nov 1913

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