Record

Reference numberNLB/56/57
Alternative reference numberNLB/56 p41
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Dr. Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Master of the [Royal] Mint
Date7 November 1918
DescriptionInforms the Deputy Master that the Council have recommended Hendrik Antoon Lorentz for the Copley Medal; Alfred Fowler and Frederick Gowland Hopkins for the Royal Medal; F. Stanley Ripping for the Davy Medal; A. Perot and Charles Fabry for the Rumford Medal; Henry Fairfield Osborn for the Darwin Medal; and Irving Langmuir for the Hughes Medal. Asks that the Deputy Master give instructions for the striking of these medals. Notes that they will be required for presentation on 30 November.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1525Lorentz; Hendrik Antoon (1853 - 1928)1853 - 1928
NA6169Fowler; Alfred (1868 - 1940); astrophysicist1868 - 1940
NA6168Hopkins; Sir; Frederick Gowland (1861 - 1947); biochemist1861 - 1947
NA5843Fabry; Marie Paul Auguste Charles (1867 - 1945)1867 - 1945
NA751Osborn; Henry Fairfield (1857 - 1935); paleontologist, geologist, and eugenicist1857 - 1935
NA644Langmuir; Irving (1881 - 1957)1881 - 1957
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
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