| Description | Unsigned proof copies of certificates, some with corrections or amendments, awarded to: Sir James Chadwick (1950); Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1952); Albert Jan Kluyver (1953); Sir Edmund Whittaker (1954); Sir Ronald Fisher (1955); Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1956); Sir Howrad Florey (1957); Sir Hans Krebs (1961); Sir Cyril Hinshelwood (1962).
The Copley Medal, in gold, is the Royal Society's highest award and was first presented in 1731. The medal 'is given to the living author of such philosophical research, either published or communicated to the Society, as may appear to Council to be deserving of that honour'. It has usually been given annually. |