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Various British Awards presented to Sir James Chadwick

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The Guthrie Medal and Prize
of the (U.K.) Physical Society and the Institute of Physics

The Guthrie Medal and Prize
History
The Guthrie Lecture was instituted by the Council of The Physical Society in 1914 in memory of its founder, Professor Frederick Guthrie. In 1965 the Council of the Institute and Society decided that, in view of the changed conditions since the lecture was established, this, the senior award within its gift, should be changed to a Medal and Prize. The first award was made in 1966. In 1992 the Council decided that the Guthrie Medal and Prize should become one of its Premier Awards.
Terms
The award will be made annually, for contributions to physics, to a physicist of international reputation in any sector. The medal will be silver gilt and will be accompanied by a prize of £1000 and a certificate. The medallist may be invited to give a lecture at an appropriate conference in the year in which the award is made.

The Guthrie Medal and Prize- (previous winners)

The Mackenzie Davidson Memorial Lecture

Medal recipients

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Comprised of Chadwick's gold Nobel Prize medal and exquisite diploma, the Nobel Foundation presentation book and the Chadwick portrait photo;  the accompanying archive of related books and research dossiers;  and the accompanying group of other Nobel Prize objects made by the Royal Swedish Mint, etc.;  the Chadwick Nobel Prize Archive constitutes a ready-made museum exhibit.  

Vaughtons
[maker of Mackenzie Davidson Medal]
The firm of Vaughtons was established early in the 19th century. The earliest reference I have found is from an early trade catalogue which states that they were established in 1819. However, the earliest authenticated reference is from a 1897 trade directory, when they were listed as Vaughton Brothers, Athletic, agricultural & all kinds of medals & badges, 135 Constitution Hill, Birmingham. As well as the manufacture of badges and fobs they also made other 'stamped' articles such as medals, spoons, cups, nameplates and even coins. Thus the manufacture of badges was probably only a small part of their business. This strategy may have helped them survive for such a long time.… Vaughtons became a limited company in 1928.
From http://homepage.ntlworld.com/f.setchfield/BCC WEBSITE/manufacturers.htm

J.A. Schramek
& Associates

The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) is the oldest radiological society in the world. The origins of the BIR can be traced back to a first meeting held on 2 April 1897 to form "The X-ray Society". The first general meeting of the new society, now called "The Röntgen Society" in honour of Wilhelm Röntgen, was held on 3 June 1897. The formal Grand Inaugural Meeting was held at St Martin's Town Hall in London in November that same year and was less than two years after Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen had discovered the X-rays. Whilst the main impetus for the new society was from doctors, it is remarkable that the first President was the well known physicist Silvanus P Thompson. The tradition of alternating scientific and medical Presidents goes right back to the beginning of the society. The medical society "The British Association for the Advancement of Radiology and Physiotherapy"(BARP) was formed in 1917, becoming the British Institute of Radiology in 1924. In 1927 the British Institute of Radiology and the Röntgen Society amalgamated to become "The British Institute of Radiology incorporated with the Röntgen Society", a truly multidisciplinary society. In 1958 Her Majesty the Queen granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation to the BIR, whose Objects included:

To promote and encourage the study and practice of the art and science of radiology, radiobiology and the medical applications of nuclear science in all their aspects and the study of kindred sciences.

To maintain and extend to the public advantage the usefulness of the work of the radiologist, radiobiologist, physicist, radiographer, and X-ray engineer in the field of medicine and in the expanding field of the industrial application of radioactive substances.

To disseminate knowledge concerning all aspects of the science of radiology, radiobiology and the medical applications of nuclear science.

To accept subscriptions and gifts of all kinds, whether absolute or conditional, and to undertake and administer trusts for purposes falling within the objects of the Institute.

The BIR became a registered charity in 1963. Its activities are shaped by its Charter and Byelaws.

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