Bakerian Medal and Prize

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The Bakerian Medal and Prize is a prestigious scientific award given by the Royal Society to recognize outstanding research in the physical sciences.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Society award
physics award
scientific award
administeredBy Royal Society Council
associatedEvent Bakerian Lecture at the Royal Society
awardedBy Royal Society
country United Kingdom
field physical sciences
physics
foundedBy bequest of Henry Baker
frequency annual
hasPart Bakerian Lecture
inception 1775
isOneOf major awards of the Royal Society
languageOfAward English
locationOfCeremony London
namedAfter Henry Baker
notableRecipient Ernest Rutherford
James Clerk Maxwell
Lord Rayleigh
Michael Faraday
Niels Bohr
Paul Dirac
Peter Higgs
presentedBy Royal Society of London
purpose to recognize outstanding research in the physical sciences
reward medal
monetary prize
scope international
selectionCriteria outstanding original research in the physical sciences

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Royal Society
awards
Royal Society lecture prizes ("Bakerian Medal and Lecture")
hasPart
Milner Award and Lecture ("Royal Society awards in the physical sciences")
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