| Description | Unsigned proof copies of certificates, some with corrections or amendments, awarded to: Christopher Kelk Ingold and Sir Frederic Bartlett (1952); Sir Paul Fildes and Neville Francis Mott (1953); Sir John Cockcroft and Hans Adolph Krebs (1954); Sir Alexander Todd and Vincent Brian Wrigglesworth (1955); Dororthy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin and Owen Thomas Jones (1956); William Vallance Douglas Hodge and Frederick Gugenheim Gregory (1957); Sir Wilfred Le Gros Clark (1961); Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1962).
Royal Medals, in gold, 'are awarded annually by the Sovereign upon the recommendation of the Council, for the two most important contributions to the advancement of Natural Knowledge...one is given each year to each of the two great divisions of Natural Knowledge'. |