Prix Guzman
The Prix Pierre Guzman (Pierre Guzman Prize) was the name given to two prizes, one astronomical and one medical. Both were established by the will of Anne Emilie Clara Goguet (died June 30, 1891), wife of Marc Guzman, and named after her son Pierre Guzman.[1]
Astronomical
This prize was a sum of 100,000 francs, to be given to a person who succeeded in communicating with a celestial body, other than Mars, and receiving a response. Until this occurred, the will also allowed for the accumulated interest on the 100,000 francs to be given, every five years, to a person who had made significant progress in astronomy. The prize was to be awarded by the French
The five-yearly prize of interest was awarded, starting in 1905, as follows:
- In Dec. 1905, to Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin.[4][5] A portion of the prize was also given to Louis Fabry.[6][7]
- In Dec. 1910, to Maurice Loewy.[8]
Nikola Tesla claimed in 1937 that he should receive the prize for "his discovery relating to the interstellar transmission of energy."[9] The prize was awarded to the crew of Apollo 11 in 1969.[10][11]
Medical
This prize was a sum of 50,000 francs, to be awarded by the French
The yearly prize of interest was awarded as follows:
See also
References
- ^ .
- E. E. Fournier D'Albe(New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1923), p. 154.
- ^ Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 131 (1900), p. 1147.
- ^ Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 141 (1905), p. 1071.
- ^ p. 491, Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France, 20 (1906).
- ^ Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 141 (1905), p. 1077.
- ^ p. 339, Bulletin de la société de géographie de Marseille, 29 (1905).
- ^ Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 151 (1910), p. 1187.
- ^ "Sending of Messages to Planets Predicted by Dr. Tesla on Birthday Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine," New York Times, 11 July 1937, p. 13, c. 2.
- ISBN 0802111602, Grove Weidenfeld, 1990), p. 6.
- ^ p. 60, "Apollo 11 Crew Awarded Medals for Moon Trip", The Blade (Toledo, Ohio, USA), Dec. 10, 1969.
- ^ p. 222, L'Aesculpe: guide pratique à l'usage des étudiants et des docteurs en médecine, Paris: Masson & Cie, 1905.
- ^ p. 545, Bulletin de l'Académie de médecine, 3rd series, 50 (1903).
- ^ pp. 424-425, Bulletin de l'Académie de médecine, 3rd series, 54 (1905).
- p. 131, Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy, Patrick Moore and Robin Rees, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN 1107671655.
- p. 282, "Idée d'une Communication Entre les Mondes a Propos d'un Testament Astronomique", C. Flammarion, L'Astronomie 10 (1891), pp. 282–287, Bibcode:1891LAstr..10..282F.
- "The Strange Case of Madame Guzman and the Mars Mystique", Bibcode:1984GriO...48....2W.
- "Mme. Guzman's Curious Will", Chicago Tribune, Sep. 14, 1891, p. 9.