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His Majesty the King has approved of the following awards this year by the president and council of the Royal Society:—A Royal Medal to Prof. W. H Perkin, for his work on the constitution of the alkaloids; a Royal Medal to Prof. A. C. Seward, for his researches on the palasobotany of Gondwanaland. The following awards have also been made by the president and council:—The Copley Medal to Prof. A. Einstein, for his theory of relativity and his contributions to the quantum theory; the Davy Medal to Sir James Irvine, for his work on the constitution of the sugars; the Sylvester Medal to Prof. A. N. Whitehead, for his researches on the foundations of mathematics; the Hughes Medal to Mr. F. E. Smith, for his determination of fundamental electrical units and for researches in technical electricity.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 116, 722–725 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116722a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/116722a0