Royal Society Bakerian Medal | |
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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 individuals in the field of 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]