Hughes Medal

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J. J. Thomson, who won the first Hughes Medal in 1902

The Hughes Medal is awarded by the

David E. Hughes, the medal is awarded with a gift of £1000. The medal was first awarded in 1902 to J. J. Thomson "for his numerous contributions to electric science, especially in reference to the phenomena of electric discharge in gases", and has since been awarded over one-hundred times. Unlike other Royal Society medals
, the Hughes Medal has never been awarded to the same individual more than once.

The medal has on occasion been awarded to multiple people at a time; in 1938 it was won by

M. J. Whelan "for their contributions to the theory of electron diffraction and microscopy, and its application to the study of lattice defects in crystals".[2]

List of recipients

Source: Royal Society

Year Name Rationale Notes
1902 Joseph John Thomson "for his numerous contributions to electric science, especially in reference to the phenomena of electric discharge in gases" [3]
1903 Johann Wilhelm Hittorf "for his long continued experimental researches on the electric discharge in liquids and gases" [4]
1904 Joseph Swan "for his invention of the incandescent lamp, and his other inventions and improvements in the practical applications of electricity" [5]
1905 Augusto Righi "for his experimental researches in electrical science, including electric vibrations" [6]
1906 Hertha Ayrton "for her experimental investigations on the electric arc, and also on sand ripples" [7]
1907 Ernest Howard Griffiths "for his contributions to exact physical measurement" [8]
1908 Eugen Goldstein "for his discoveries on the nature of electric discharge in rarefied gasses" [9]
1909 Richard Glazebrook "for his researches on electrical standards" [10][11]
1910 John Ambrose Fleming "for his researches in electricity and electrical measurements" [12]
1911
Charles Wilson
"for his work on nuclei in dust-free air, and his work on ions in gases and atmospheric electricity" [13]
1912 William Duddell "for his investigations in technical electricity" [14]
1913 Alexander Graham Bell "for his share in the invention of the telephone, and more especially the construction of the telephone receiver" [15]
1914 John Sealy Townsend "for his researches on electric induction in gases" [16]
1915 Paul Langevin "for his important contributions to, and pre-eminent position in, electrical science" [17]
1916 Elihu Thomson "for his researches in experimental electricity" [18]
1917
Charles Barkla
"for his researches in connexion with X-ray radiation" [19]
1918 Irving Langmuir "for his researches in molecular physics" [20]
1919 Charles Chree "for his researches in terrestrial magnetism" [21]
1920
Owen Richardson
"for his work in experimental physics, and especially thermionics" [22]
1921 Niels Bohr "for his research in theoretical physics" [23]
1922 Francis William Aston "for his discovery of isotopes of a large number of the elements by the method of positive rays" [24]
1923
Robert Millikan
"for his determination of the electronic charge and of other physical constants" [25]
1924 zzzznot awarded  —
1925 Frank Edward Smith "for his determination of fundamental electrical units and for researches in technical electricity" [26]
1926
Henry Jackson
"for his pioneer work in the scientific investigations of radiotelegraphy and its application to navigation" [27]
1927 William Coolidge "for his work on the X-rays and the development of highly efficient apparatus for their production" [28]
1928
Maurice de Broglie
"for his work on X-ray spectra" [29]
1929 Hans Geiger "for his invention and development of methods of counting alpha and beta particles" [30]
1930
Chandrasekhara V. Raman
"for his studies on the abnormal scattering of light" [31]
1931
William Lawrence Bragg
"for his pioneer work on the elucidation of crystal structure by X-ray analysis" [32]
1932 James Chadwick "for his researches on radioactivity" [33]
1933 Edward Victor Appleton "for his researches into the effect of the Heaviside layer upon the transmission of wireless signals" [34]
1934 Manne Siegbahn "for his work as a physicist and technician on long-wave X-rays" [35]
1935 Clinton Davisson "for his research that resulted in the discovery of the physical existence of electron waves through long-continued investigations on the reflection of electrons from the crystal planes of nickel and other metals" [36]
1936 Walter H. Schottky "for his discovery of the Schrot Effect in thermionic emission and his invention of the screen-grid tetrode and a superheterodyne method of receiving wireless signals" [37]
1937 Ernest Lawrence "for his work on the development of the cyclotron and its application to investigations of nuclear disintegration" [38]
1938 John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton "for their discovery that nuclei could be disintegrated by artificially produced bombarding particles" [39]
1939 George Paget Thomson "for his important discoveries in connexion with the diffraction of electrons by matter" [40]
1940 Arthur Compton "for his discovery of the Compton Effect; and for his work on cosmic rays" [41]
1941
Nevill Mott
"for his fertile application of the principles of quantum theory to many branches of physics, especially in the fields of nuclear and collision theory, in the theory of metals and in the theory of photographic emulsions" [42]
1942 Enrico Fermi "for his outstanding contributions to the knowledge of the electrical structure of matter, his work in quantum theory, and his experimental studies of the neutron"
1943
Marcus Oliphant
"for his distinguished work in nuclear physics and mastery of methods of generating and applying high potentials" [43]
1944 George Finch "for his fundamental contributions to the study of the structure and properties of surfaces, and for his important work on the electrical ignition of gases" [44]
1945 Basil Schonland "for his work on atmospheric electricity and of other physical researches" [45]
1946 John Randall "for his distinguished researches into fluorescent materials and into the production of high frequency electro-magnetic radiation"
1947 Frédéric Joliot-Curie "for his distinguished contributions to nuclear physics, particularly the discovery of artificial radioactivity and of neutron emission in the fission process" [46]
1948 Robert Watson-Watt "for his distinguished contributions to atmospheric physics and to the development of radar"
1949
Cecil Powell
"for his distinguished work on the photography of particle tracks, and in connexion with the discovery of mesons and their transformation" [47]
1950 Max Born "for his contributions to theoretical physics in general and to the development of quantum mechanics in particular" [48]
1951
Hendrik Kramers
"for his distinguished work on the quantum theory, particularly its application to the optical and magnetic properties of matter"
1952 Philip Dee "particularly for his distinguished studies on the disintegration of atomic nuclei, particularly those using the Wilson cloud chamber technique"
1953 Edward Bullard "for his important contributions to the development, both theoretical and experimental, of the physics of the Earth" [49]
1954 Martin Ryle "for his distinguished and original experimental researches in radio astronomy" [50]
1955 Harrie Massey "for his distinguished contributions to atomic and molecular physics, particularly in regard to collisions involving the production and recombination of ions"
1956
Frederick Lindemann
"for his distinguished work in many fields: the melting point formula and theory of specific heats; ionisation of stars; meteors and temperature inversion in the stratosphere" [51]
1957 Joseph Proudman "for his distinguished work on dynamical oceanography" [52]
1958
Edward da Costa Andrade
"for his distinguished contributions to many branches of classical physics"
1959 Brian Pippard "for his distinguished contributions in the field of low temperature physics"
1960
Joseph Pawsey
"for his distinguished contributions to radio astronomy both in the study of solar and of cosmic ray emission"
1961 Alan Cottrell "for his distinguished work on the physical properties of metals, particularly in relation to mechanical deformation and to the effects of irradiation" [53]
1962 Brebis Bleaney "for his distinguished studies of electrical and magnetic phenomena and their correlation with atomic and molecular properties" [54]
1963
Frederic Williams
"for distinguished work on early computers"
1964 Abdus Salam "for his distinguished contributions to quantum mechanics and the theory of fundamental particles" [55]
1965 Denys Wilkinson "for his distinguished experimental and theoretical investigation in nuclear structure and high energy physics"
1966 Nicholas Kemmer "for his numerous discoveries of major importance in theoretical nuclear physics which he has made" [56]
1967 Kurt Mendelssohn "for his distinguished contributions to cryophysics, especially his discoveries in superconductivity and superfluidity" [57]
1968 Freeman Dyson "for his distinguished fundamental work in theoretical physics, and especially on quantum electrodynamics" [58]
1969 Nicholas Kurti "for his distinguished work in low-temperature physics and in thermodynamics" [59]
1970 David Bates "for his distinguished contributions to theoretical atomic and molecular physics and its applications to atmospheric physics, plasma physics and astrophysics" [60]
1971 Robert Hanbury Brown "Robert Hanbury Brown, for his distinguished work in developing a new form of stellar interfrometer [sic], culminating in his observations of alpha virginis" [61]
1972
Brian David Josephson
"particularly for his discovery of the remarkable properties of junctions between superconducting materials" [62]
1973 Peter Hirsch "for his distinguished contributions to the development of the electron microscope thin film technique for the study of crystal defects and its application to a very wide range of problems in materials science and metallurgy" [63]
1974 Peter Fowler "for his outstanding contributions to cosmic ray and elementary particle physics" [64]
1975 Richard Dalitz "for his distinguished contributions to the theory of the basic particles of matter" [65]
1976 Stephen Hawking "for his distinguished contributions to the application of general relativity to astrophysics, especially to the behaviour of highly condensed matter" [66]
1977 Antony Hewish "for his outstanding contributions to radioastronomy, including the discovery and identification of pulsars" [67]
1978 William Cochran "for his pioneering contributions to the science of X-ray crystallography, in which his work has made a profound impact on its development and application, and for his original contributions to lattice dynamics and its relation to phase transitions, which stimulated a new and fruitful field of results" [68]
1979 Robert J. P. Williams "for his distinguished studies of the conformations of computer molecules in solution by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance" [69]
1980 Francis Farley "for his ultra-precise measurements of the muon magnetic moment, a severe test of quantum electrodynamics and of the nature of the muon"
1981 Peter Higgs and Tom Kibble "for their international contributions about the spontaneous breaking of fundamental symmetries in elementary-particle theory" [70]
1982 Drummond Matthews and Frederick Vine "for their elucidation of the magnetic properties of the ocean floors which subsequently led to the plate tectonic hypothesis" [71]
1983 John Ward "for his highly influential and original contributions to quantum field theory, particularly the Ward identity and the Salam-Ward theory of weak interactions" [72]
1984 Roy Kerr "for his distinguished work on relativity, especially for his discovery of the so-called Kerr Black Hole, which has been very influential" [73]
1985 Tony Skyrme "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"
1986 Michael Woolfson "for the creation of algorithms including MULTAN and SAYTAN which are used world-wide to solve the majority of reported crystal structures"
1987 Michael Pepper "for his many important experimental investigations into the fundamental properties of semiconductors especially low-dimensional systems, where he has elucidated some of their unusual properties like electron localization and the Quantum Hall effects"
1988
M. J. Whelan
"for their contributions to the theory of electron diffraction and microscopy, and its application to the study of lattice defects in crystals"
1989 John Stewart Bell "for his outstanding contributions to our understanding of the structure and interpretation of quantum theory, in particular demonstrating the unique nature of its predictions" [74]
1990
Thomas George Cowling
"for his fundamental contributions to theoretical astrophysics including seminal theoretical studies of the role of electromagnetic induction in cosmic systems" [75]
1991
Philip Moon
"for his contributions in three main areas of science — nuclear physics, the discovery of gamma-ray resonances, and the use of colliding molecular beams to study chemical reactions" [76]
1992
Michael Seaton
"for his theoretical research in atomic physics and leadership of the Opacity Project" [72]
1993 George Isaak "for his pioneering use of resonant scattering techniques to make extremely precise measures of Doppler velocity shifts in the solar photosphere" [77]
1994 Robert G. Chambers "for his many contributions to solid-state physics, in particular his ingenious and technically demanding experiment which verified the Ahoronov-Bohm effect concerning the behaviour of charged particles in magnetic fields"
1995 David Shoenberg "for his work on the electronic structure of solids, in particular by exploiting low temperature techniques, particularly the De Haas Van Alphen effect, defining the Fermi surface of many metals"
1996
Amyand Buckingham
"for his contributions to chemical physics, in particular to long-range intermolecular forces, non-linear optics, problems related to the polarizability of the helium atom, the interpretation of NMR spectra, and the applications of ab initio computations" [78]
1997 Andrew Lang "for his fundamental work on X-ray diffraction physics and for his developments of the techniques of X-ray topography, in particular in studying defects in crystal structures" [79]
1998 Raymond Hide "for his distinguished experimental and theoretical investigations of the hydrodynamics of rotating fluids and the application of such basic studies to the understanding of motions in the atmosphere and interiors of the major planets" [80]
1999 Alexander Boksenberg "for his landmark discoveries concerning the nature of active galactic nuclei, the physics of the intergalactic medium and of the interstellar gas in primordial galaxies. He is noted also for his exceptional contributions to the development of astronomical instrumentation including the Image Photon Counting System, a revolutionary electronic area detector for the detection of faint sources, which gave a major impetus to optical astronomy in the United Kingdom" [81]
2000
Chintamani Rao
"for his contributions to the field of materials chemistry, in particular, in relation to studies of the electronic and magnetic properties of transition metal oxides and high temperature superconductors. His work has been an inspiration to a generation of Indian scientists" [82]
2001 John Pethica "for his contributions to the field of nanometre and atomic scale mechanics. He invented and developed the technique of nanoindentation thereby revolutionising the mechanical characterisation of ultra-small volumes of materials. This has had a major influence on those industries concerned with thin film and coating technologies" [83]
2002 Alexander Dalgarno "for his contributions to the theory of atomic and molecular process, and in particular its application to astrophysics. His studies of energy depositions provide the key to understanding emissions from terrestrial aurorae, planetary atmospheres and comets"
2003 Peter Edwards "for his distinguished work as a solid state chemist. He has made seminal contributions to fields including superconductivity and the behaviour of metal nanoparticles, and has greatly advanced our understanding of the phenomenology of the metal-insulator transition" [84]
2004 John Clarke "for his outstanding research, leading the world in the invention, building and development of innovative new Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUID), in their theory and in their application to a plethora of fundamental problems and their investigative tools"
2005 Keith Moffatt "for his contributions to the understanding of magnetohydrodynamics, especially to the mechanisms determining how magnetic fields can develop from a low background level to substantial amplitude" [85]
2006 Michael Kelly "for his work in the fundamental physics of electron transport and the creation of practical electronic devices which can be deployed in advanced systems"
2007 Artur Ekert "for his pioneering work on quantum cryptography and his many important contributions to the theory of quantum computation and other branches of quantum physics" [86]
2008 Michele Dougherty "for her innovative use of magnetic field data that led to discovery of an atmosphere around one of Saturn's moons and the way it revolutionised our view of the role of planetary moons in the Solar System"
2009 zzzzno award  —
2010 Andre Geim "for his revolutionary discovery of graphene, and elucidation of its remarkable properties"
2011 Matthew Rosseinsky "for his influential discoveries in the synthetic chemistry of solid state electronic materials and novel microporous structures"
2013 Henning Sirringhaus "for his pioneering development of inkjet printing processes for organic semiconductor devices, and dramatic improvement of their functioning and efficiency"
2015 George Efstathiou "for many outstanding contributions to our understanding of the early Universe"
2017 Peter Bruce "for distinguished work elucidating the fundamental chemistry underpinning energy storage"
2018
James Durrant
"for his distinguished photochemical studies for the design solar energy devices"
2019 Andrew Cooper "for the design and synthesis of new classes of organic materials with applications in energy storage, energy production and energy-efficient separations"
2020 Clare Grey "for her pioneering work on the development and application of new characterization methodology to develop fundamental insight into how batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells operate. "
2021 John Irvine "for the introduction of new concepts in Energy Materials science, including novel ionic conductors, electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells, alternative batteries and emergent nanomaterials. "
2022
Saiful Islam
"for outstanding contributions to the deeper understanding of atomistic processes in new materials for use in energy applications, especially those related to lithium batteries and perovskite solar cells. "
2023 Erwin Reisner "for pioneering new concepts and solar technologies for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide, biomass and plastic waste. "

See also

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