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Franklin Medal
American science award
American science award
The Franklin Medal was a science award presented from 1915 until 1997 by the Franklin Institute located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It was founded in 1914 by innovator Samuel Insull, and it was the most prestigious of the various awards presented by the Franklin Institute. Together with the other eight historical awards, it was merged into the Benjamin Franklin Medal, initiated in 1998.
Laureates
Recipients are listed in a database on The Franklin Institute website.
| Year | Country | Recipient | Discipline | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1915 | NLD | Physics | |||
| 1916 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1916 | USA | Chemistry | |||
| 1917 | NLD | Physics | |||
| 1917 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1918 | ITA | Engineering | |||
| 1918 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1919 | GBR | Physics | |||
| 1919 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1920 | SWE | Chemistry | |||
| 1920 | GBR | Engineering | |||
| 1921 | FRA | Physics | |||
| 1921 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1921 | POL | Engineering | |||
| 1922 | GBR | Physics | |||
| 1923 | FRA | Engineering/Computer and Cognitive Science | |||
| 1923 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1924 | GBR | Chemistry | |||
| 1924 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1925 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1925 | NLD | Physics | |||
| 1926 | DEN | Physics | |||
| 1926 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1927 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1927 | GER | Physics | |||
| 1928 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1928 | GER | Chemistry | |||
| 1929 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1929 | GBR | Physics | |||
| 1930 | GBR | Physics | |||
| 1930 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1931 | GBR | Physics | |||
| 1931 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1932 | GER | Physics | |||
| 1932 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1933 | FRA | Chemistry | |||
| 1933 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1934 | USA | Chemistry | |||
| 1934 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1935 | SWI | Physics | |||
| 1935 | GBR | Engineering | |||
| 1936 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1936 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1937 | USA | Chemistry | |||
| 1937 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1938 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1938 | USA | Chemistry | |||
| 1939 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1939 | BEL | Engineering | |||
| 1940 | BEL | Engineering | |||
| 1940 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1941 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1941 | British India | Physics | |||
| 1942 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1942 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1943 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1943 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1944 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1944 | USSR | Physics | |||
| 1945 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1946 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1946 | GBR | Engineering | |||
| 1946 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1947 | GBR | Chemistry | |||
| 1948 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1948 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1949 | SWE | Life Science | |||
| 1950 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1951 | GBR | Physics | |||
| 1952 | AUT | Physics | |||
| 1953 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1954 | GBR | Engineering | |||
| 1955 | SWE | Life Science | |||
| 1956 | GBR | Engineering | |||
| 1957 | GBR | Chemistry | |||
| 1958 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1959 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1960 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1961 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1962 | GBR | Life Science | |||
| 1963 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1964 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1965 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1966 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1967 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1968 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1969 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1970 | GER | Physics | |||
| 1971 | SWE | Physics | |||
| 1972 | USA | Chemistry | |||
| 1973 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1974 | USSR | Physics | |||
| 1975 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1976 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1977 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1978 | USA | Chemistry | |||
| 1979 | GBR | Life Science | |||
| 1980 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1980 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1981 | GBR | Physics | |||
| 1982 | ARG | Life Science | |||
| 1982 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1984 | USA | Engineering | |||
| 1985 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1986 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1987 | USA | Life Science | |||
| 1988 | USA | Computer and Cognitive Science | |||
| 1990 | GBR | Life Science | |||
| 1990 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1992 | USA | Physics | |||
| 1995 | NLD | Physics | |||
| 1996 | USA | Chemistry | |||
| 1997 | ITA | Life Science | |||
| {{cite web | url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/nader-engheta |
Notes
References
References
- Flam, Faye. (April 29, 1996). "Five to Get Franklin Institute Honors". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
- "Laureates Search". [[Franklin Institute]].
- (14 January 2014). "Thomas Alva Edison". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Auguste G. Ferrie". Franklin Institute.
- Isaacson, Walter. (2007). "Einstein: His Life and Universe". Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.
- (15 January 2014). "Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Paul Dyer Merica". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Henry Clapp Sherman". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Henry Thomas Tizard". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Enrico Fermi". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Robert Robinson". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Wendell Meredith Stanley". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Theodor Von Karman". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "The Svedberg". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Eugene P. Wigner". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "James Chadwick". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Wolfgang Pauli". Franklin Institute.
- (14 January 2014). "William Francis Gibbs". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Charles Edward Kenneth Mees". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Arne Tiselius". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Frank Whittle". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Hugh Stott Taylor". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Donald Wills Douglas". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Hans Albrecht Bethe". Franklin Institute.
- (10 January 2014). "Roger Adams". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Detlev W. Bronk". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Geoffrey Ingram Taylor". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Glenn T. Seaborg". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Gregory Breit". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Frederick Seitz". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Britton Chance". Franklin Institute.
- "Murray Gell-Mann". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Marshall Warren Nirenberg". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "John Archibald Wheeler". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Hannes Alfven". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "George Kistiakowsky". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Theodosius Grigorevich Dobzhansky". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov". Franklin Institute.
- (14 January 2014). "John Bardeen". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Mahlon B. Hoagland". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Cyril Manton Harris". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Elias J. Corey". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "G. Evelyn Hutchinson". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Avram Goldstein". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Lyman Spitzer Jr.". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Stephen W. Hawking". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Cesar Milstein". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Kenneth Geddes Wilson". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Verner E. Suomi". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "George Claude Pimentel". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Benoît Mandelbrot". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Stanley Cohen". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Donald Ervin Knuth". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Hugh E. Huxley". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "David Turnbull". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Frederick Reines". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Gerard 't Hooft". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Richard E. Smalley". Franklin Institute.
- (15 January 2014). "Mario Renato Capecchi". Franklin Institute.
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