Henry Draper Medal

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astronomy award medal science award

The Henry Draper Medal is a prestigious award presented by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for outstanding contributions to astronomical physics.

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Henry Draper Medal canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomy award ⓘ
medal ⓘ
science award ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding contributions to astronomical physics ⓘ
awardingBody National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
awardingOrganizationType National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: national academy of sciences
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discipline physical sciences ⓘ
field astronomical physics ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
firstAwarded 1886 ⓘ
frequency biennial ⓘ
locationOfAwardingBody Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Draper ⓘ
notableRecipient Albert Einstein ⓘ
Edwin Hubble ⓘ
Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Hans Bethe ⓘ
Harlow Shapley ⓘ
James Peebles ⓘ
Jan Oort ⓘ
Maarten Schmidt ⓘ
Martin Schwarzschild ⓘ
Riccardo Giacconi ⓘ
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
Vera Rubin ⓘ
presentedBy National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: United States National Academy of Sciences
prestige one of the major international awards in astronomy ⓘ
status active award ⓘ

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George Ellery Hale → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Edward Charles Pickering → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
James Edward Keeler → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Henry Norris Russell → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Arthur Stanley Eddington → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Pieter Zeeman → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Hale → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: George Ellery Hale
Annie Jump Cannon → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Hannes Alfvén → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Barry Barish (honorary doctorate, not student) → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Barry Barish
Robert H. Dicke → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Arno Penzias → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Barry C. Barish → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
John C. Mather → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Harlow Shapley → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Robert Wilson → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ