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Copley Medal

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1899–2015Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1899

John William Strutt Rayleigh, 3rd1899

Science / Physics

Awarded the Copley Medal

2015

Peter Ware Higgs2015

London · Science / Physics

Receives the Royal Society's Copley Medal for his fundamental contribution to particle physics.

Names involved

John William Strutt Rayleigh, 3rdPeter Ware Higgs

Provenance

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