Medallists of the Royal Society
Date
1985
Sitter
John Michael Stephenson (British) , Electrical engineer
Rex Mountford Davis (British) , Electrical engineer
Peter John Lawrenson (1933 - 2017, British) , Electrical engineer
William Frederick Ray (British) , Electrical engineer
Tony Hilton Royal Skyrme (British) , Physicist
John Griggs Thompson (1932, American) , Mathematician
John Bertrand Gurdon (British) , Developmental biologist
David Kalderon (British) , Engineer
Aaron Klug (1926 - 2018, British) , Chemist
Johann Hadji Argyris (1913 - 2004, Greek) , Engineer
Lord Jack Lewis of Newnham (British) , Chemist
Roger Penrose (1931, British) , Mathematician
Rex Mountford Davis (British) , Electrical engineer
Peter John Lawrenson (1933 - 2017, British) , Electrical engineer
William Frederick Ray (British) , Electrical engineer
Tony Hilton Royal Skyrme (British) , Physicist
John Griggs Thompson (1932, American) , Mathematician
John Bertrand Gurdon (British) , Developmental biologist
David Kalderon (British) , Engineer
Aaron Klug (1926 - 2018, British) , Chemist
Johann Hadji Argyris (1913 - 2004, Greek) , Engineer
Lord Jack Lewis of Newnham (British) , Chemist
Roger Penrose (1931, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Creator - Organisation
Godfrey Argent Studio, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 190mm
width (print): 240mm
width (print): 240mm
Subject
Engineering & Technology
> Electrical engineering
Physics
Mathematics
Biology
> Developmental biology
Engineering & Technology
Chemistry
> Electrical engineering
Physics
Mathematics
Biology
> Developmental biology
Engineering & Technology
Chemistry
Description
Formal group portrait of the 1985 medallists taken in the Royal Society Library at Carlton House Terrace. Including on the back row: John Michael Stephenson, Rex Mountford Davis, Peter John Lawrenson, William Frederick Ray, Tony Hilton Roya Skyrme and John Griggs Thompson. Front row: John Bertrand Gurdon, David Kalderon, Aaron Klug, Johann Hadji Argyris, John Lewis and Roger Penrose.
Signed by the artist studio on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘R.S. Box 3, Royal Society MEDALLISTS (1985), 85 SGA 11570/2.’ Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Labelled with printed inscription ‘Back Row: Dr J. M. Stephenson, Mr R. M Davis, Professor P. J. Lawrenson, F.R.S., Mr W. F. Ray, Professor T. H. R. Skyrme, Professor J. G. Thompson, F.R.S. Front Row: Professor J. B. Gurdon, F.R.S., Dr D. Kalderon, Dr A. Klug F.R.S., Professor J. Argyris, Sir Jack Lewis, F.R.S., Professor R, Penrose, F.R.S. Unable to attend: Professor M.F. Ashby F.R.S.’
John Michael Stephenson of the University of Leeds was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with R. M. Davis, P. J. Lawrenson and W. F. Ray, for their work on the development, to commercial marketability, of switched reluctance drives which provide for significant overall energy savings, compared with traditional a.c. squirrel-cage motors, for instance, in controlled applications.
Rex Mountford Davis of the University of Nottingham was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with J. M. Stephenson, P. J. Lawrenson and W. F. Ray.
Peter John Lawrenson (1933-2017), British electrical engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1982. He was Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds and was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with R. M. Davis, J. M. Stephenson and W. F. Ray.
William Frederick Ray of the University of Nottingham was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with R. M. Davis, P. J. Lawrenson and J. M. Stephenson.
Tony Hilton Royal Skyrme (1922-1987), British physicist, was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1985 in recognition for his contributions to theoretical particle and nuclear physics, and his discovery that particle-like entities simulating the properties of baryons can occur in non-linear meson field theories.
John Griggs Thompson, American mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979. He was awarded the Sylvester Medal in 1985 for his fundamental contributions leading to the complete classification of all finite simple groups.
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon is a British developmental biologist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971. He served on the Council from 1980 -1982 and from 1993-1995. He was awarded the Royal Medal 1985 for his outstanding contributions to the techniques of nuclear transplantation and the use of the amphibian egg for investigations on replication, transcription, and translation of genes. He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2003 for his unique range of groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of cell and developmental biology... He gave the Croonian Lecture in 1976, the Florey Lecture in 1988 and the Rutherford Memorial in 1996.
David Kalderon F. Eng, British engineer, was awarded the Mullard Prize in 1985 in recognition of his achievements in unifying and standardizing design practices in two of Britain’s principal turbine-building companies, leading to significantly improved and cost-effective manufacturing processes for turbines and extensive worldwide sales of steam turbines of all sizes.
Sir Aaron Klug (1926-2018) Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969 and served as President from 1995-2000. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1985 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to our understanding of complex biological structures and the methods used for determining them.
Johann Hadji Argyris (1913-2004), Greek engineer, was awarded the Royal Medal for his great contribution to the development of finite element analysis and its application to the solution of engineering problems.
Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham (1928-2014), British chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1973 and served on its Council from 1982 to 1984 and 1996 to 1998. He was awarded the Davy Medal in 1985 for his outstanding work on the structure and reactivity of metal cluster compounds, including pioneering work on carbido and hydrido derivatives, and pi-donor organic molecules and presented the Bakerian lecture in 1989 on Cluster compounds, a new aspect of inorganic chemistry. He was also awarded the Royal Medal in 2004 in recognition of his distinguished career in the field of inorganic chemistry over the last 50 years, mainly in the area of the transition elements.
Sir Roger Penrose, British mathematician and theoretical physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2008, for his beautiful and original insights into many areas of mathematics and mathematical physics. As well as the Royal Medal in 1985, for his fundamental contributions to the theory of gravitational collapse and to other geometric aspects of theoretical physics.
Signed by the artist studio on the front mount and inscribed on the reverse ‘R.S. Box 3, Royal Society MEDALLISTS (1985), 85 SGA 11570/2.’ Stamped ‘COPYRIGHT GODFREY ARGENT STUDIO, 12 HOLLAND ST. LONDON W8 4LT. TEL: 937 0441, 937 4008.’
Labelled with printed inscription ‘Back Row: Dr J. M. Stephenson, Mr R. M Davis, Professor P. J. Lawrenson, F.R.S., Mr W. F. Ray, Professor T. H. R. Skyrme, Professor J. G. Thompson, F.R.S. Front Row: Professor J. B. Gurdon, F.R.S., Dr D. Kalderon, Dr A. Klug F.R.S., Professor J. Argyris, Sir Jack Lewis, F.R.S., Professor R, Penrose, F.R.S. Unable to attend: Professor M.F. Ashby F.R.S.’
John Michael Stephenson of the University of Leeds was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with R. M. Davis, P. J. Lawrenson and W. F. Ray, for their work on the development, to commercial marketability, of switched reluctance drives which provide for significant overall energy savings, compared with traditional a.c. squirrel-cage motors, for instance, in controlled applications.
Rex Mountford Davis of the University of Nottingham was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with J. M. Stephenson, P. J. Lawrenson and W. F. Ray.
Peter John Lawrenson (1933-2017), British electrical engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1982. He was Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds and was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with R. M. Davis, J. M. Stephenson and W. F. Ray.
William Frederick Ray of the University of Nottingham was jointly awarded the Esso Medal in 1985, along with R. M. Davis, P. J. Lawrenson and J. M. Stephenson.
Tony Hilton Royal Skyrme (1922-1987), British physicist, was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1985 in recognition for his contributions to theoretical particle and nuclear physics, and his discovery that particle-like entities simulating the properties of baryons can occur in non-linear meson field theories.
John Griggs Thompson, American mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979. He was awarded the Sylvester Medal in 1985 for his fundamental contributions leading to the complete classification of all finite simple groups.
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon is a British developmental biologist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1971. He served on the Council from 1980 -1982 and from 1993-1995. He was awarded the Royal Medal 1985 for his outstanding contributions to the techniques of nuclear transplantation and the use of the amphibian egg for investigations on replication, transcription, and translation of genes. He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2003 for his unique range of groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of cell and developmental biology... He gave the Croonian Lecture in 1976, the Florey Lecture in 1988 and the Rutherford Memorial in 1996.
David Kalderon F. Eng, British engineer, was awarded the Mullard Prize in 1985 in recognition of his achievements in unifying and standardizing design practices in two of Britain’s principal turbine-building companies, leading to significantly improved and cost-effective manufacturing processes for turbines and extensive worldwide sales of steam turbines of all sizes.
Sir Aaron Klug (1926-2018) Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969 and served as President from 1995-2000. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1985 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to our understanding of complex biological structures and the methods used for determining them.
Johann Hadji Argyris (1913-2004), Greek engineer, was awarded the Royal Medal for his great contribution to the development of finite element analysis and its application to the solution of engineering problems.
Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham (1928-2014), British chemist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1973 and served on its Council from 1982 to 1984 and 1996 to 1998. He was awarded the Davy Medal in 1985 for his outstanding work on the structure and reactivity of metal cluster compounds, including pioneering work on carbido and hydrido derivatives, and pi-donor organic molecules and presented the Bakerian lecture in 1989 on Cluster compounds, a new aspect of inorganic chemistry. He was also awarded the Royal Medal in 2004 in recognition of his distinguished career in the field of inorganic chemistry over the last 50 years, mainly in the area of the transition elements.
Sir Roger Penrose, British mathematician and theoretical physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. He was also awarded the Copley Medal in 2008, for his beautiful and original insights into many areas of mathematics and mathematical physics. As well as the Royal Medal in 1985, for his fundamental contributions to the theory of gravitational collapse and to other geometric aspects of theoretical physics.
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