Eddington Medal
| Eddington Medal | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Royal Astronomical Society |
The Eddington Medal is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics. It is named after Sir Arthur Eddington. First awarded in 1953, the frequency of the prize has varied over the years, at times being every one, two or three years. Since 2013 it has been awarded annually.
Recipients
Source is [1] unless otherwise noted.
- 1953 Georges Lemaître[2]
- 1955 Hendrik C. van de Hulst[3]
- 1958 Horace W. Babcock[4]
- 1959 James Stanley Hey[5]
- 1960 Robert d'Escourt Atkinson[6]
- 1961 Hans Albrecht Bethe[7]
- 1962 André Lallemand[8]
- 1963 J. A. R. Sandage, Martin Schwarzschild[9]
- 1964 Herbert Friedman, Richard Tousey[10]
- 1965 Robert Pound, Glen A. Rebka[11]
- 1966 Rupert Wildt[12]
- 1967 Robert F. Christy[13]
- 1968 Robert Hanbury Brown, Richard Q. Twiss[14]
- 1969 Antony Hewish[15]
- 1970 Chūshirō Hayashi[16]
- 1971 Desmond George King-Hele[17]
- 1972 Paul Ledoux[18]
- 1975 Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose[19]
- 1978 William A. Fowler[20]
- 1981 Philip James Edwin Peebles[21]
- 1984 Donald Lynden-Bell[22]
- 1987 Bohdan Paczyński[23]
- 1990 Icko Iben[24]
- 1993 Leon Mestel[25]
- 1996 Alan Guth
- 1999 Roger Blandford
- 2002 Douglas O. Gough[26]
- 2005 Rudolph Kippenhahn[27]
- 2007 Igor D. Novikov[28]
- 2009 Jim Pringle[29]
- 2011 Gilles Chabrier[30]
- 2013 James Binney[31]
- 2014 Andrew King[32]
- 2015 Rashid Sunyaev[33]
- 2016 Anthony Bell[34]
See also
References
- ↑ "Eddington Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ↑ Lemaître, Georges (1953). "Announcement of Eddington Medal award". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 113: 2. Bibcode:1953MNRAS.113....2L. doi:10.1093/mnras/113.1.2 (inactive 2016-01-15).
- ↑ "Address on the award of the Eddington Medal to Professor H. C. van de Hulst", MNRAS, 115: 202, 1955, Bibcode:1955MNRAS.115..202.
- ↑ "Society Business: Address on award of Eddington Medal", MNRAS, 118: 404, 1958, Bibcode:1958MNRAS.118..404.
- ↑ "Society Business: Eddington Medal Address on award of", MNRAS, 119: 447, 1959, Bibcode:1959MNRAS.119..447.
- ↑ "The award of The Eddington Medal to Dr R. d'E. Atkinson (address)", QJRAS, 1: 26, 1960, Bibcode:1960QJRAS...1...26.
- ↑ "The award of The Eddington Medal to Professor H. A. Bethe (address)", QJRAS, 2: 107, 1961, Bibcode:1961QJRAS...2..107.
- ↑ "The award of The Eddington Medal to Professor Andr\'e Lallemand (address)", QJRAS, 3: 84, 1962, Bibcode:1962QJRAS...3...84.
- ↑ "Award of Eddington Medal jointly to A. R. Sandage and M. Schwarzschild (address)", QJRAS, 4: 180, 1963, Bibcode:1963QJRAS...4..180.
- ↑ "Tousey R. awarded Eddington Medal", QJRAS, 5: S108, 1964, Bibcode:1964QJRAS...5S.108.
- ↑ "Pound R. V. awarded Eddington Medal", QJRAS, 6: R123, 1965, Bibcode:1965QJRAS...6R.123.
- ↑ "Award of Eddington Medal to R. Wildt (address)", QJRAS, 7: 120, 1966, Bibcode:1966QJRAS...7..120.
- ↑ "Award of Eddington Medal to R. F. Christy (address)", QJRAS, 8: 129, 1967, Bibcode:1967QJRAS...8..129.
- ↑ "Award of Eddington Medal to Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Quintin Twiss (address)", QJRAS, 9: 277, 1968, Bibcode:1968QJRAS...9..277.
- ↑ "Meetings of the Society.", QJRAS, 10: 1, 1969, Bibcode:1969QJRAS..10....1.
- ↑ Lovell, B. (1970), "C. Hayashi received the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.", QJRAS, 11: 88, Bibcode:1970QJRAS..11...88L
- ↑ Lovell, B. (1971), "8D. G. King-Hele received the Eddington Medal.", QJRAS, 12: 138, Bibcode:1971QJRAS..12..138L
- ↑ Hoyle, F. (1972), "P. Ledoux received the Eddington Medal.", QJRAS, 13: 485, Bibcode:1972QJRAS..13..485H
- ↑ Blackwell, D. E. (1975), "Presidential Addresses on the Society's Awards", QJRAS, 16: 356, Bibcode:1975QJRAS..16..356B
- ↑ Cook, A. H. (1979), "W. Fowler received the Eddington Medal.", QJRAS, 20: 3, Bibcode:1979QJRAS..20....3C
- ↑ Wolfendale, A. W. (1981), "Peebles P.J.E. / 1981 Eddington Medal / 1981MAY8 / Address of President", QJRAS, 22: 350, Bibcode:1981QJRAS..22..350W
- ↑ Hide, R. (1984), "Presentation of the Eddington Medal to Lynden-Bell 1984FEB10", QJRAS, 25: 231, Bibcode:1984QJRAS..25..231H
- ↑ Davies, R. D. (1988), "Eddington Medal to Paczynski 1987OCT9", QJRAS, 29: 97, Bibcode:1988QJRAS..29...97D
- ↑ Pounds, K. A. (1991), "R.A.S. Eddington Medal to Iben-Jr - 1991MAY10", QJRAS, 32: 353, Bibcode:1991QJRAS..32..353P
- ↑ "Eddington Medal to Mestel", QJRAS, 34: 275, 1993, Bibcode:1993QJRAS..34..275.
- ↑ "News: Society for the History of Astronomy; short-term contract information sought; more asteroids than ever; state of the union; Society medals for Jacobs Mestel and Gough; RAS grants announcement; spidermen; new faces for the Planetary Forum; an RAS Council member.", Astronomy and Geophysics, 43: c4, 2002, Bibcode:2002A&G....43c...4.
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- ↑ "Wiley: Home". www.blackwellpublishing.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ↑ "RAS Awards and Prizes: RAS Awards 2009; Gold Medal: Prof. David Williams; Gold Medal: Prof. Eric Priest; Price Medal: Prof. Malcolm Sambridge; Eddington Medal: Prof. James Pringle", Astronomy and Geophysics, 50: a34, 2009, Bibcode:2009A&G....50a..34.
- ↑ "RAS honours outstanding astronomers and geophysicists". 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- ↑ "2013 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes". Royal Astronomical Society. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes
- ↑ "2015 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes". Royal Astronomical Society. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists". RAS. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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