Helmholtz Medal

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Helmholtz Medal

HONOR

There may be a number of "Helmholtz" medals, awarded by any of:

Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (GDR)
German Acoustical Society (Rayleigh-Helmholtz Medal?)
Helmholtz Institute (for work in cognitive science)

This list will be a mish-mash until this is sorted out. All such awards are in honor of Hermann von Helmholtz.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Henri Becquerel Physicist 15-Dec-1852 25-Aug-1908 Discoverer of radioactivity

Jacobus H. van 't Hoff Chemist 30-Aug-1852 1-Mar-1911 Three-dimensional molecular properties

Max von Laue Physicist 9-Oct-1879 23-Apr-1960 X-ray crystallography

Karl Lohmann Chemist 10-Apr-1898 22-Apr-1978 Discovered ATP

Santiago Ramón y Cajal Doctor 1-May-1852 17-Oct-1934 Structure of the nervous system

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