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.
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| Website | http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2263-eddington-medal  |
Recipients
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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]
- 2017 Cathie Clarke[35]
- 2018 Claudia Maraston[36]
- 2019 Bernard F. Schutz[37]
- 2020 Steven Balbus[38]
- 2021 Hiranya Peiris[39]
- 2022 Alan Heavens[40]
- 2023 Monika Mościbrodzka[41]
- 2024 Pedro Ferreira[42]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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: 1–2. Bibcode:1953MNRAS.113....2L. doi:10.1093/mnras/113.1.1.
- ^ Jackson, J. (1955), "Address on the award of the Eddington Medal to Professor H. C. van de Hulst", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 115 (2): 202–203, Bibcode:1955MNRAS.115..202., doi:10.1093/mnras/115.2.202
- ^ Steavenson, W. H. (1958), "Society Business: Address on award of Eddington Medal", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 118 (4): 404–405, Bibcode:1958MNRAS.118..404., doi:10.1093/mnras/118.4.404
- ^ Saiedy, F. (1959), "Society Business: Eddington Medal Address on award of", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 119 (4): 447–454, Bibcode:1959MNRAS.119..447., doi:10.1093/mnras/119.4.447
- ^ "The award of The Eddington Medal to Dr R. d'E. Atkinson (address)", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1: 26, 1960, Bibcode:1960QJRAS...1...26.
- ^ "The award of The Eddington Medal to Professor H. A. Bethe (address)", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2: 107, 1961, Bibcode:1961QJRAS...2..107.
- ^ "The award of The Eddington Medal to Professor André Lallemand (address)", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3: 84, 1962, Bibcode:1962QJRAS...3...84.
- ^ "Award of Eddington Medal jointly to A. R. Sandage and M. Schwarzschild (address)", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4: 180, 1963, Bibcode:1963QJRAS...4..180.
- ^ "Tousey R. awarded Eddington Medal", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 5: S108, 1964, Bibcode:1964QJRAS...5S.108.
- ^ "Pound R. V. awarded Eddington Medal", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 6: R123, 1965, Bibcode:1965QJRAS...6R.123.
- ^ "Award of Eddington Medal to R. Wildt (address)", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 7: 120, 1966, Bibcode:1966QJRAS...7..120.
- ^ "Award of Eddington Medal to R. F. Christy (address)", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 8: 129, 1967, Bibcode:1967QJRAS...8..129.
- ^ "Award of Eddington Medal to Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Quintin Twiss (address)", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 9: 277, 1968, Bibcode:1968QJRAS...9..277.
- ^ "Meetings of the Society", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 10: 1, 1969, Bibcode:1969QJRAS..10....1.
- ^ Lovell, B. (1970), "C. Hayashi received the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 11: 88, Bibcode:1970QJRAS..11...88L
- ^ Lovell, B. (1971), "8D. G. King-Hele received the Eddington Medal", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 12: 138, Bibcode:1971QJRAS..12..138L
- ^ Hoyle, F. (1972), "P. Ledoux received the Eddington Medal", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 13: 485, Bibcode:1972QJRAS..13..485H
- ^ Blackwell, D. E. (1975), "Presidential Addresses on the Society's Awards", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 16: 356, Bibcode:1975QJRAS..16..356B
- ^ Cook, A. H. (1979), "W. Fowler received the Eddington Medal", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 20: 3, Bibcode:1979QJRAS..20....3C
- ^ Wolfendale, A. W. (1981), "Peebles P.J.E. / 1981 Eddington Medal / 1981MAY8 / Address of President", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 22: 350, Bibcode:1981QJRAS..22..350W
- ^ Hide, R. (1984), "Presentation of the Eddington Medal to Lynden-Bell 1984FEB10", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 25: 231, Bibcode:1984QJRAS..25..231H
- ^ Davies, R. D. (1988), "Eddington Medal to Paczynski 1987OCT9", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 29: 97, Bibcode:1988QJRAS..29...97D
- ^ Pounds, K. A. (1991), "R.A.S. Eddington Medal to Iben-Jr - 1991MAY10", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 32: 353, Bibcode:1991QJRAS..32..353P
- ^ "Eddington Medal to Mestel", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 34: 275, 1993, Bibcode:1993QJRAS..34..275.
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- ^ Massey, Robert (2020-01-10). "Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured in RAS bicentenary year". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ "Eddington Medal 2021 – Professor Hiranya Peiris" (PDF). Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
- ^ "RAS Awards 2022", Astronomy and Geophysics, 63 (1): 1.9–1.10, 2022, Bibcode:2022A&G....63..1.9., doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atac004
- ^ "The 2023 Eddington Medal is awarded to Dr Monika Moscibrodzka" (PDF). Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ^ Tonkin, Sam (12 January 2024). "Royal Astronomical Society unveils 2024 award winners" (Press release). Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 12 January 2024.