Hughes Medal
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The Hughes Medal is a prestigious scientific award given by the Royal Society to recognize outstanding discoveries in the fields of electricity, magnetism, or their applications.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Society award
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medal → scientific award → |
| awardedFor |
original discoveries in electricity
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original discoveries in magnetism → original discoveries in their applications → |
| awardingBody |
Royal Society
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| country |
United Kingdom
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| discipline |
physical sciences
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physics → |
| domain |
science
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technology → |
| eligibility |
researchers in electricity and magnetism
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scientists → |
| establishedIn |
1902
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| field |
applied physics
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electrical engineering → electricity → magnetism → |
| firstAwarded |
1902
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| frequency |
biennial
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| hasCategory |
British science and technology awards
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Royal Society medals → physics awards → |
| hasComponent |
medal
→
monetary prize → |
| inception |
1902
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| isPartOf |
Royal Society awards system
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| languageOfName |
English
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| locationOfAwarding |
London
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| namedAfter |
D. E. Hughes
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David Edward Hughes → |
| notableRecipient |
Ernest Rutherford
→
Niels Bohr → Paul Dirac → Peter Higgs → Stephen Hawking → |
| presentedBy |
Royal Society
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| purpose |
to recognize original discoveries in electricity
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to recognize original discoveries in magnetism → to recognize original discoveries in their applications → |
| relatedTo |
Copley Medal
→
Davy Medal → Royal Medal → |
| sponsor |
Royal Society
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| status |
active
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Referenced by (20)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Abdus Salam
→
Cecil F. Powell → Charles Glover Barkla → Enrico Fermi → Enrico Fermi → Ernest O. Lawrence → George Paget Thomson → J. J. Thomson → James Chadwick → John Cockcroft → Lawrence Bragg → Lise Meitner → Louis Néel → Martin Ryle → Max Born → Otto Frisch → Paul Langevin → Sir Bernard Lovell → |
awardReceived |
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Royal Society
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awards |
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Royal Society lecture prizes
("Hughes Medal and Lecture")
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hasPart |