Record

RefNoNLB/68/812
AltRefNoNLB/68 p432
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint
Date5 November 1925
DescriptionAsks the Mint to strike the Royal Society's Copley, Royal, Davy, Sylvester and Hughes Medals, which are required for presentation on 30 November. The names are:
For the Copley: Professor Albert Einstein, ForMemRS
For the Royal: Professor William Henry Perkin, FRS; Professor Albert Charles Seward, FRS
For the Davy: Sir James Colquhoun Irvine, FRS
For the Sylvester: Professor Alfred North Whitehead, FRS
For the Hughes: Mr Frank Edward Smith, FRS.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8213Einstein; Albert (1879 - 1955); theoretical physicist1879 - 1955
NA8087Perkin; William Henry (1860 - 1929)1860 - 1929
NA5951Seward; Sir; Albert Charles (1863 - 1941)1863 - 1941
NA1755Irvine; Sir; James Colquhoun (1877 - 1952)1877 - 1952
NA6260Whitehead; Alfred North (1861 - 1947)1861 - 1947
NA8091Smith; Sir; Frank Edward (1876 - 1970)1876 - 1970
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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