| Royal Society Bakerian Medal | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | For outstanding contributions to science |
| Sponsored by | The Royal Society |
| Date | 1922 |
| Location | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| First award | 1775 |
| Website | royalsociety |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Copley Medal [1] |
| Equivalent | Croonian Medal (biological sciences) [1] |
| Next (lower) | Royal Medal (Commonwealth or Irish citizens or residents only) [1] Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS, international) |
The Bakerian Medal is one of the premier medals [2] of the Royal Society that recognizes exceptional and outstanding science. It comes with a medal award and a prize lecture. The medalist is required to give a lecture on any topic related to physical sciences. It is awarded annually to an individual in a field of the physical sciences, including computer science.
The prize was started in 1774, when Henry Baker left £100 to establish a spoken lecture given by a Fellow of the Royal Society about natural history or experimental philosophy. [3]
Source: [4]