Rumford Medal

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Royal Society medal scientific award

The Rumford Medal is a prestigious scientific award given by the Royal Society for outstanding research in the fields of thermal or optical properties of matter.

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Label Occurrences
Rumford Medal canonical 33
Rumford Medal of the Royal Society 2
Rumford Prize 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Society medal ⓘ
scientific award ⓘ
awardedBy Royal Society ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding contributions to the understanding of heat ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the understanding of light ⓘ
research in optics ⓘ
research in photonics ⓘ
research in thermal radiation ⓘ
research in thermodynamics ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
establishedBy bequest of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ⓘ
field optical properties of matter ⓘ
physics ⓘ
thermal properties of matter ⓘ
firstAwarded 1796 ⓘ
formerFrequency annual ⓘ
irregular ⓘ
frequency biennial ⓘ
hasType physics award ⓘ
scientific medal ⓘ
inception 1796 ⓘ
isPartOf Royal Society medals ⓘ
surface form: Royal Society awards and medals
languageOfName English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
material silver ⓘ
monetaryAward medal only (no current cash prize) ⓘ
namedAfter Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ⓘ
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford ⓘ
surface form: Count Rumford
notableRecipient Andre Geim ⓘ
C. V. Raman ⓘ
Charles K. Kao ⓘ
Gustav Kirchhoff ⓘ
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes ⓘ
Josiah Willard Gibbs ⓘ
surface form: J. Willard Gibbs

James Clerk Maxwell ⓘ
John Bardeen ⓘ
John Tyndall ⓘ
Kostya Novoselov ⓘ
Lord Rayleigh ⓘ
Ludwig Boltzmann ⓘ
Michael Faraday ⓘ
Peter Kapitza ⓘ
surface form: Pyotr Kapitsa

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
purpose to recognize outstanding research on the thermal or optical properties of matter ⓘ
significance one of the earliest awards devoted to thermal and optical research ⓘ
one of the oldest awards of the Royal Society ⓘ
sponsor Royal Society ⓘ

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Royal Society → awards → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Augustin-Jean Fresnel → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Hermann von Helmholtz → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Wilhelm Röntgen → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Elihu Thomson → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Gustav Kirchhoff → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Hendrik Lorentz → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Heinrich Hertz → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
George Ellery Hale → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumford Prize
Lars Onsager → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Ernest Rutherford → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Louis Pasteur → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Percy W. Bridgman → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumford Prize
Royal Society lecture prizes → hasPart → Rumford Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumford Medal and Lecture
Hippolyte Fizeau → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Henri Becquerel → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford → founded → Rumford Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumford Medal of the Royal Society
James David Forbes → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Frits Zernike → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Emil Warburg → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Oliver Lodge → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumford Medal of the Royal Society
Wilhelm Wien → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
George Porter → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Peter Debye → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Bjerknes → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Vilhelm Bjerknes
this entity surface form: Royal Society Rumford Medal
Pieter Zeeman → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Royal Society medals → includes → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Friedrich Kohlrausch → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Lord Rutherford → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Baron Rutherford of Nelson → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Ernest Rutherford
Léon Foucault → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Wander Johannes de Haas → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Julius Robert von Mayer → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Society of London Rumford Medal
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Antoine César Becquerel → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Jules Janssen → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
Ernst Abbe → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
George Gabriel → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: George Gabriel Stokes
D. Gabor → awardReceived → Rumford Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Dennis Gabor