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Named after Michael Faraday, the first Faraday Lecture was given in 1869, two years after Faraday's death, by Jean-Baptiste Dumas. [2] As of 2009, the prize was worth £5000, with the recipient also receiving a medal and a certificate. [1] As the name suggests, the recipient also gives a public lecture describing his or her work.
The winner is required to present a lecture as part of the Society's annual programme of public events, which is usually held in January of the following year; during the lecture, the President of the Royal Society awards the medal. [2] Unlike other prizes awarded by the society, the committee has not always publicly provided a rationale.
1914-1965 Guthrie Lecture initiated to remember Frederick Guthrie, [3] founder of the Physical Society (which merged with the Institute of Physics in 1960). 1966-2007 Guthrie Medal and Prize (in response to changed conditions from when the lecture was first established). From 1992, it became one of the Institute's Premier Awards.
Michael Faraday (/ ˈ f ær ə d eɪ,-d i /; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism.
The Chemical History of a Candle was the title of a series of six lectures on the chemistry and physics of flames given by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1848, as part of the series of Christmas lectures for young people founded by Faraday in 1825 and still given there every year.
Faraday Lectureship Prize; Faraday Medal (electrochemistry) Frankland Award; Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship; Gibson–Fawcett Award; John B. Goodenough Award;
British chemist who was under 32 years, and working the fields of theoretical or physical chemistry. In 2008 the prize was joined with the Meldola Medal and Prize to form the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes. Faraday Lectureship Prize: Exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry Faraday Medal (electrochemistry)
The Claude Bernard Lecture was (along with the Humphry Davy Lecture) one of two lectures created following an agreement between the Royal Society and the French Academy of Sciences in 1984. The lecture was named after Claude Bernard and was given annually by a senior French scientist on a visit to the United Kingdom: Jean-Baptiste Leblond 2008 [46]