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Die Hughes-Medaille, benannt nach David Edward Hughes, ist eine von der Royal Society verliehene Auszeichnung für originäre Entdeckungen auf dem Gebiet der Physik, insbesondere auf dem Gebiet des Elektromagnetismus und seiner Anwendungen.
The Hughes Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of London "in recognition of an original discovery in the physical sciences, particularly electricity and magnetism or their applications". Named after David E. Hughes , the medal is awarded with a gift of £1000.
YearNameRationale2023"for pioneering new concepts and solar ...2022"for outstanding contributions to the ...2021"for the introduction of new concepts in ...2020"for her pioneering work on the ...30. Nov. 2023 · Hughes was a Welsh-American scientist and musician who invented the first working radio communication system and the first microphone. The medal is of silver gilt, is awarded annually and is accompanied by a gift of £2,000.
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Hertha Ayrton was born Phoebe Sarah Marks in Portsea, Hampshire, England, on 28 April 1854. In her youth she went by the name Sarah. She was the third child of a Polish Jewish watchmaker named Levi Marks, an immigrant from Tsarist Poland; and Alice Theresa Moss, a seamstress, the daughter of Joseph Moss, a glass merchant of Portsea.Her father died ...
Upon her return to London, Ayrton earned money by teaching and embroidery, ran a club for working girls, and cared for her invalid sister. She also put her mathematical skills to practical use – she taught at Notting Hill and Ealing High School, and was also active in devising and solving mathematical problems, many of which were published in "Math...
As a teenager, Ayrton became deeply involved in the women's suffrage movement, joining the WSPU in 1907 after attending a celebration with released prisoners. In 1909 Ayrton opened the second day of the Knightsbridge "Women's Exhibition and Sale of Work in the Colours" which included new model bicycles painted in purple, white and green and raised ...
Ayrton delivered seven papers before the Royal Society between 1901 and 1926, the last posthumously.She also presented the results of her research before audiences at the British Association and the Physical Society. Ayrton also invented a hand-operated fan to get rid of poisonous gases from the trenches at the front. The device had a waterproof ca...
Hertha Ayrton was agnostic. In her teens she adopted the name "Hertha" after the eponymous heroine of a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne that criticised organised religion. In 1885, Ayrton married the widower William Edward Ayrton, a physicist and electrical engineer who was supportive of her scientific endeavours. Ayrton honoured Barbara Bodicho...
Two years after her death in 1923, Ayrton's lifelong friend Ottilie Hancock endowed the Hertha Ayrton Research Fellowship at Girton College.This fellowship continues today.A blue plaque unveiled in 2007 commemorates Ayrton at 41 Norfolk Squarein Paddington.In 2009, the Panasonic Trust inaugurated the Hertha Marks Ayrton Fellowshipto mark the trust's 25th anniversary. Its purpose is to promote the further education of under-represented groups in the e...In 2010, a panel of female Fellows of the Royal Society and science historians selected Ayrton as voted one of the ten most influential British women in the history of science.Reminiscences of Hertha Ayrton by A. P. Trotter in CWP at UCLAJohnson, James (1909). "Women Inventors and Discoverers". Cassier's Magazine: 548–553.Joan Mason (2006) "Hertha Ayrton" in OUT OF THE SHADOWS: Contributions of 20th Century Women to PhysicsNina Byers and Gary Williams, ed., Cambridge University Press.Glenis Moore (1986). "Hertha Ayrton – first lady of the IEE". Electronics and Power. 32 (8): 583. doi:10.1049/ep.1986.0353.Ayrton, Hertha (1854–1923). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2017. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.37136. 1. Hertha Marks Ayrton in CWP at UCLA 2. Science in the MakingHertha Ayrton's papers in the Royal Society's archives 3. Digital copy of the Electric Arc(1902) 4. Project Continua: Biography of Hertha AyrtonPr...
30. März 2024 · Die Hughes-Medaille, benannt nach David Edward Hughes, ist eine von der Royal Society verliehene Auszeichnung für originäre Entdeckungen auf dem Gebiet der Physik, insbesondere auf dem Gebiet des Elektromagnetismus und seiner Anwendungen.
The Hughes Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of London for original discoveries in electricity and magnetism or their applications. The medal was first given to J.J. Thomson in 1902 "for his numerous contributions to electric science, especially in reference to the phenomena of electric discharge in gases". It has been awarded ...
The Langston Hughes Medal has been awarded annually by the Langston Hughes Festival of the City College of New York since 1978. The medal "is awarded to highly distinguished writers from throughout the African American diaspora for their impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that help to ...
