Copley Medal

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medal scientific award

The Copley Medal is the Royal Society of London's oldest and most prestigious scientific award, given for outstanding achievements in any branch of science.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Royal Society Copley Medal 2
Copley Medal (as a Royal Society prize hierarchy context) 1
Copley Medal endowment 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medal ⓘ
scientific award ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding achievements in any branch of science ⓘ
awardingBodyFounded Royal Society ⓘ
awardingBodyFoundedIn 1660 ⓘ
awardingBodyType learned society ⓘ
awardingCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
category Royal Society awards ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currencyOfMonetaryComponent Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: pound sterling
describedAs Royal Society of London's most prestigious scientific award ⓘ
Royal Society of London's oldest scientific award ⓘ
earlierFrequency biennial ⓘ
irregular ⓘ
eligibility scientists worldwide ⓘ
field applied sciences ⓘ
life sciences ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
natural sciences ⓘ
physical sciences ⓘ
science ⓘ
firstAwarded 1731 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasComponent gold medal ⓘ
monetary prize ⓘ
hasWebsite https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/copley-medal/ ⓘ
inception 1731 ⓘ
isLargestAwardOf Royal Society ⓘ
languageOfAwardingBody English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
namedAfter Sir Godfrey Copley ⓘ
notableRecipient Albert Einstein ⓘ
Charles Darwin ⓘ
Dorothy Hodgkin ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
J. J. Thomson ⓘ
James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
Lord Kelvin ⓘ
Max Planck ⓘ
Michael Faraday ⓘ
Niels Bohr ⓘ
Paul Dirac ⓘ
Roger Penrose ⓘ
Stephen Hawking ⓘ
olderThan Nobel Prize ⓘ
presentedBy Royal Society ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
sponsor Royal Society ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

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Max Planck → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Michael Atiyah → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Michael Faraday → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Nevill Mott → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Niels Bohr → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Paul Dirac → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Paul Ehrlich → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Paul Nurse → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Sir Paul Nurse → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Nurse
Peter Higgs → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Peter Kapitza → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Society Copley Medal
Robert Brown → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Robert Bunsen → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Robert Burns Woodward → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Robert May → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Roger Penrose → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Ronald A. Fisher → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Rudolf Clausius → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Rudolf Peierls → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Simon Newcomb → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Stephen Hawking → awardReceived → Copley Medal ⓘ
Joseph Priestley → awarded → Copley Medal ⓘ
Royal Society → awards → Copley Medal ⓘ
Sir Godfrey Copley → commemoratedBy → Copley Medal ⓘ
Sylvester Medal → follows → Copley Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copley Medal (as a Royal Society prize hierarchy context)
Sir Godfrey Copley → knownFor → Copley Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copley Medal endowment
Sir Godfrey Copley → legacy → Copley Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copley Medal of the Royal Society
Hughes Medal → relatedTo → Copley Medal ⓘ