Magellanic_Premium Knowpia

The Magellanic Premium, also known as the Magellanic Gold Medal and Magellanic Prize is awarded for major contributions in the field of navigation (whether by sea, air, or in space), astronomy, or natural philosophy.

The Premium was established in 1786 through a grant by Jean-Hyacinthe Magellan (Portuguese: João Jacinto de Magalhães). Benjamin Franklin, then President of the American Philosophical Society, accepted it and established the terms of reference under which it would be given.

In the 217 years since Magellan offered the Premium, the APS has awarded on only 36 occasions (as of 2021^[update]): twelve for navigation, twelve for natural philosophy, and eleven for astronomy.

Recipients of the Magellanic Premium edit

Source: American Philosophical Society

1790 Francis Hopkinson
1792 Robert Patterson and William Thornton
1795 Nicholas Collin
1804 William Mugford and Benjamin Smith Barton
1807 John Garnett
1809 James Humphries^[1]
1820 Josiah Chapman
1823 James Ewing
1825 Charles D. Brodie
1836 James P. Espy
1864 Pliny Earle Chase
1887 Lewis M. Haupt
1922 Paul R. Heyl and Lyman James Briggs
1952 James Gilbert Baker
1953 Philip Van Horn Weems
1956 Karl von Frisch
1959 Charles Stark Draper
1960 Stuart William Seeley
1961 Edward L. Beach, Jr.
1966 William Hayward Pickering
1971 Paul M. Muller and William L. Sjogren
1975 Robert Herman and Ralph A. Alpher
1980 Martin Lindauer
1984 J. Frank Jordon
1988 George C. Weiffenbach and William H. Guier
1990 Joseph H. Taylor
1992 Edward C. Stone
1994 Gordon H. Pettengill
1997 Bradford W. Parkinson and Roger L. Easton
2000 S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
2002 Wendy Freedman
2004 John E. Carlstrom
2008 Margaret J. Geller
2014 Alar Toomre
2018 Sandra Faber and Fabiola Gianotti (the latter presented in 2021)
2021 Sara Seager

References edit

^ Early Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, Compiled by One of the Secretaries, from the Manuscript Minutes of Its Meetings from 1744–1838. In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22(119), Part III, July 1885, p. 415, JSTOR 982561.

The Magellanic Premium

[1] Early Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, Compiled by One of the Secretaries, from the Manuscript Minutes of Its Meetings from 1744–1838. In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22(119), Part III, July 1885, p. 415, JSTOR 982561.

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