Institute of Physics Edward Appleton Medal and Prize

The Edward Appleton Medal and Prize is awarded by the Institute of Physics for distinguished research in environmental, earth or atmospheric physics. Originally named after Dr. Charles Chree,[1] the British physicist and former President of the Physical Society of London, it was renamed in 2008 to commemorate Edward Victor Appleton, winner of the Nobel prize for proving the existence of the ionosphere.[1]

Institute of Physics Edward Appleton Medal & Prize
The award is named in honour of Edward Appleton (1892–1965)
Awarded for	Distinguished contributions to environmental, earth or atmospheric physics.
Sponsored by	Institute of Physics
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Institute of Physics
Formerly called	Chree Medal and Prize
Reward(s)	Silver medal, £1000
First awarded	1941
Website	www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/appleton/page_72412.html

History

The prize was established in 1941 by Chree's sister, Jessie, after his death, and it was originally awarded biennially.[2][3][4] It was first awarded to Sydney Chapman. From 2001 it was awarded annually. After the 2008 renaming the prize was awarded in even-dated years until 2016, then as and when required.

The cash prize part of the award has risen in value since its inception, reported at £150 in 1985[5] and £300 in 1987,[6] to its present-day value of £1000.[1]

Winners

Recipients of the Appleton medal and prize

• 2019 Cathryn Mitchell[7][8]
• 2016 Giles Harrison[9]
• 2014 David Marshall[10]
• 2012 Colin O'Dowd[11]
• 2010 Myles Allen[12]
• 2008 Ann Wintle[13][14]

Recipients of the Chree medal and prize

• 2007 Michele Dougherty [15]
• 2006 David Gubbins[16]
• 2005 Barbara Maher[17][18]
• 2004 Joanna Dorothy Haigh
• 2003 Michael Lockwood
• 2002 Peter Thomas Woods[19]
• 2001 Joseph Charles Farman, Brian Gerard Gardiner and Jonathan David Shanklin
• 1999 John Edward Harries[20] and Ronald Woodman
• 1997 John Michael David Coey
• 1995 Tudor Bowden Jones
• 1993 Alan Hugh Cook
• 1991 Lance Thomas
• 1989 John Nye
• 1987 Brian John Hoskins
• 1985 Adrian Edmund Gill
• 1983 William John Granville Beynon[21]
• 1981 Keith Anthony Browning
• 1979 John Theodore Houghton
• 1977 Drummond Hoyle Matthews and Frederick John Vine
• 1975 Raymond Hide
• 1973 David Robert Bates
• 1971 Desmond George King-Hele
• 1969 Stanley Keith Runcorn
• 1967 John Herbert Chapman
• 1965 Basil John Mason
• 1963 Maurice Neville Hill
• 1961 Scott Ellsworth Forbush[22]
• 1959 Reginald Cockcroft Sutcliffe
• 1957 Edward C Bullard
• 1955 David Forbes Martyn
• 1953 Julius Bartels[23]
• 1951 George C Simpson
• 1949 Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson
• 1947 Edward V Appleton[24]
• 1945 John Adam Fleming
• 1943 Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland
• 1941 Sydney Chapman[2]

See also

• Institute of Physics Awards
• List of physics awards
• List of awards named after people

References

1. "Edward Appleton Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
2. "Charles Chree Medal and Prize". Nature. 147 (3722): 261. March 1, 1941. Bibcode:1941Natur.147Q.261.. doi:10.1038/147261a0 – via www.nature.com.
3. "Scientific Notes and News". Science. 93 (2413): 300–303. 1941. doi:10.1126/science.93.2413.300-a. JSTOR 1669188.
4. Lewis, John (1999). 125 Years: The Physical Society & The Institute of Physics. Taylor & Francis Ltd. p. 237. ISBN 9780750306096.
5. Lerner, Craig; Turner, Roland (18 June 1982). The Grants Register 1983–1985. MacMillan Publishers Ltd. p. 373. ISBN 978-1349049752.
6. Frankel, Norman (18 June 1982). The Grants Register 1985–1987. MacMillan Publishers Ltd. p. 380. ISBN 978-1349068319.
7. "2019 Edward Appleton Medal and Prize". www.iop.org. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
8. "Professor Cathryn Mitchell awarded Institute of Physics prize". University of Bath. 3 July 2019.
9. "2016 Appleton medal and prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
10. "2014 Appleton medal and prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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13. "Professor Ann Wintle". Aberystwyth University. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
14. "UK's Institute of Physics Announces Award Winners" (PDF). Ancient TL. Vol. 2 no. 1. 2008. p. 27.
15. Reeves, Danielle (13 October 2006). "Two Imperial physicists win prestigious national awards". Imperial College London. p. 1. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
16. "Britain's top prizes for physics announced". phys.org. 7 October 2005.
17. "Uni boffin wins top prize". Lancashire Telegraph. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
18. Sherriff, Lucy (21 January 2005). "Climatologist scoops major prize at IoP awards". The Register.
19. "Netgazette - AWARDS AND PRIZES". Times Higher Education (THE). 23 November 2001.
20. "1999 Institute of Physics Award to Professor John Harries". SPAT News. Imperial College London. 26 January 1999.
21. "Institute Awards For 1983". Physics Bulletin. 34 (2): 72–75. February 25, 1983. doi:10.1088/0031-9112/34/2/024.
22. "British Physics Awards". Physics Today. 14 (2): 74. January 14, 2009. doi:10.1063/1.3057410.
23. "Julius Bartels". European Geosciences Union.
24. "Presentation of Physical Society's Awards: Charles Chree Medal and Prize". Nature. 160 (4076): 821. December 25, 1947. Bibcode:1947Natur.160R.821.. doi:10.1038/160821b0 – via www.nature.com.