Leconte Prize

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The Leconte Prize (French: Prix Leconte) is a prize created in 1886 by the French Academy of Sciences to recognize important discoveries in mathematics, physics, chemistry, natural history or medicine. In recent years the prize has been awarded in the specific categories of mathematics, physics, and biology. Scientists and mathematicians of all nationalities are eligible for the award. The value of the award in the late 19th and early 20th century was F50,000 (at the time equivalent to £2,000, or US$10,000), about five times as much as the annual salary of the average professor in France. The award was F22,000 in 1984, F20,000 in 2001, €3,000 in 2008, €2,500 in 2010, €2,000 in 2014, and €1,500 in 2019. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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The Leconte Prize was established with a donation from a businessman, Victor Eugene Leconte, to the academy. The donation specified that a F50,000 prize would be awarded every three years for outstanding past work, and that up to 1/8th of the interest earned by the fund each year could be awarded as encouragements, i.e., support for ongoing and future research. The academy did not award any large (F50,000) prizes between 1905 and 1916, but did award a total of F30,000 in encouragements during that period. [6]

Recipients

YearRecipientFieldAmountNotes
1889 Paul Marie Eugène Vieille Mechanics [7]
1891 M. Douliot [8] Encouragement award. [6]
1892 Philbert Maurice d'Ocagne Mathematics [9]
1892 Jean Antoine Villemin MedicineF50,000Posthumously. [10]
1895 William Ramsay and
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 		PhysicsF50,000 [11] [12]
1898no award [13]
1901 Fernand Foureau Exploration [14]
1904 Prosper-René Blondlot PhysicsF50,000 [15]
1907no award [16]
1909 Walter Ritz PhysicsF2,000 [17] Encouragement award. [6]
1910 Arthur Robert Hinks Astronomy [18] Encouragement award. [6]
1911no award [19]
1912 Charles Tellier F8,000 [20] Encouragement award. [6]
1912M. ForestF12,000 [20] Encouragement award. [6]
1915 Almroth Wright Medicine [21] Encouragement award. [6]
1921 Georges Claude MechanicsF50,000 [22]
1924 André-Louis Debierne Chemistry [23]
1927 Alexandre Yersin Medicine [24]
1930 Élie Cartan Mathematics [25]
1936Julien ConstantinPosthumously. "For the whole of his work." [26]
1955 Lucien Bull Mechanics [27]
1960 Marguerite Perey Physics [28]
1975 Pierre Buser  [ fr; de ]Medicine [29]
1978 Marcel Berger Mathematics [30]
1984 Michel Duflo and Luc Tartar MathematicsF22,000 [31]
1993 Georg Maret  [ fr; de; arz ]Physics [32]
1996 Sergiu Klainerman Mathematics [33]
1997Raoul RanjevaBiology [34]
1998 Philippe Biane Mathematics [35]
1999Hervé NifeneckerPhysics [36]
2001Thierry GaudeBiologyF20,000 [34] [37]
2002Christian GérardMathematics [35]
2004Rémi MonassonPhysics [36]
2006 Arnaud Cheritat and Xavier Buff Mathematics [35]
2007Alain PuginBiology [34]
2008Marie-Noëlle BussacPhysics€3,000 [36]
2010David LannesMathematics€2,500 [35]
2011Olivier LoudetBiology€2,500 [34]
2012 Laurent Sanchez-Palencia  [ fr ]Physics€2,500 [38]
2013 Zoé Chatzidakis Mathematics [39]
2014Teva VernouxBiology€2,000 [40]
2015Jean-Claude GarreauPhysics€2,000 [41]
2017 Nikolay Tzvetkov  [ fr; de ]Mathematics [42]
2019Michaël Le BarsPhysics€1,500 [43]
2020Phillipe Eyssidieux, Vincent Guedj
and Ahmed Zeriahi		Mathematics€1,500 [44]
2021Emmanuelle BayerBiology€1,500 [45]

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