Elliott Cresson Medal

Elliott Cresson Medal

The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute. The award was established by Elliott Cresson, life member of the Franklin Institute, with $1,000 granted in 1848.

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Marie Curie

Marie Curie

Polish-French physicist

Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand physicist

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

American inventor

Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie

French physicist

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

American industrialist

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor

Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen

German engineer

J. J. Thomson

J. J. Thomson

British physicist

Lee de Forest

Lee de Forest

American inventor

William Crookes

William Crookes

British chemist

Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

German-American aerospace engineer

David Bohm

David Bohm

American-Brazilian-British scientist

Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg

American theoretical physicist

John Thomson

John Thomson

Comedian

Brian Josephson

Brian Josephson

Theoretical physicist

Emil Fischer

Emil Fischer

German chemist

Elihu Thomson

Elihu Thomson

American engineer

Mihajlo Pupin

Mihajlo Pupin

Physicist

Neil Bartlett

Neil Bartlett

British director

Harry Ford

Harry Ford

American actor

Clinton Davisson

Clinton Davisson

American physicist

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

British mathematician

Edward W. Morley

Edward W. Morley

American scientist

Ernest Lawrence

Ernest Lawrence

American physicist

Isidor Isaac Rabi

Isidor Isaac Rabi

Physicist

Carl David Anderson

Carl David Anderson

American physicist

Percy Williams Bridgman

Percy Williams Bridgman

American physicist

Robert H. Dicke

Robert H. Dicke

American astronomer

Willard Libby

Willard Libby

American chemist

Allan Sandage

Allan Sandage

American astronomer

George Ellery Hale

George Ellery Hale

American astronomer

Bruno Rossi

Bruno Rossi

Italian physicist

Riccardo Giacconi

Riccardo Giacconi

Italian-American astrophysicist

Henri Moissan

Henri Moissan

French chemist

Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist

Edward Norton Lorenz

Edward Norton Lorenz

American mathematician

Gerd Binnig

Gerd Binnig

German physicist

Heinrich Rohrer

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist

Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la

Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la

Spanish civil engineer

Elmer Ambrose Sperry

Elmer Ambrose Sperry

American inventor

William Giauque

William Giauque

Canadian-American chemist

Magnus von Braun

Magnus von Braun

German chemical engineer

Leo Kadanoff

Leo Kadanoff

American physicist

Donald A. Glaser

Donald A. Glaser

American physicist

Hugh Latimer Dryden

Hugh Latimer Dryden

American scientist

Rudolf Mössbauer

Rudolf Mössbauer

German physicist

M. King Hubbert

M. King Hubbert

American geologist

Edward Leamington Nichols

Edward Leamington Nichols

American physicist

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