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'''The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium''', created in 1816, is a medal presented to men and women whose [[invention]]s improved the "comfort, welfare, and happiness of human kind" in a significant way.<ref name="CityTrusts_johnscottaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.citytrusts.com/sundry.html |title=Sundry Trusts |publisher=Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia |accessdate=March 20, 2011}} "...the John Scott Medal Fund, established in 1816...".</ref> Since 1919 the Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citytrusts.com/ |title=Board of Directors of City Trusts |accessdate=March 27, 2011}}</ref> provide this award, recommended by an advisory committee.<ref name="garfield_johnscottaward">{{cite web|url=http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/johnscottaward.html |title=The John Scott Award |publisher=John Scott Award Advisory Committee |first=E. |last=Garfield |authorlink=Eugene Garfield |accessdate=March 21, 2011}} Eugene Garfield is member of the Advisory Committee.</ref><ref name="Science_1922_johnscottmedal">{{cite journal |date=March 31, 1922 |title=John Scott Medal Fund |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=55 |issue=1422 |page=p.344 |publisher=[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] |doi=10.1126/science.55.1422.344-a |pmid= |pmc= |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/55/1422/344.1.extract |accessdate=March 27, 2011 }}</ref>
'''The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium''', created in 1816, is a medal presented to men and women whose [[invention]]s improved the "comfort, welfare, and happiness of human kind" in a significant way.<ref name="CityTrusts_johnscottaward">{{cite web|url=http://www.citytrusts.com/sundry.html |title=Sundry Trusts |publisher=Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia |accessdate=March 20, 2011}} "...the John Scott Medal Fund, established in 1816...".</ref> Since 1919 the Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citytrusts.com/ |title=Board of Directors of City Trusts |accessdate=March 27, 2011}}</ref> provide this award, recommended by an advisory committee.<ref name="garfield_johnscottaward">{{cite web|url=http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/johnscottaward.html |title=The John Scott Award |publisher=John Scott Award Advisory Committee |first=E. |last=Garfield |authorlink=Eugene Garfield |accessdate=March 21, 2011}} Eugene Garfield is member of the Advisory Committee.</ref><ref name="Science_1922_johnscottmedal">{{cite journal |date=March 31, 1922 |title=John Scott Medal Fund |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=55 |issue=1422 |page=344 |publisher=[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] |doi=10.1126/science.55.1422.344-a |pmid= |pmc= |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/55/1422/344.1.extract |accessdate=March 27, 2011 }}</ref>


In 1822 the first awards were given to thirteen people by the [[Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pspaonline.com/ |title=Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture |accessdate=March 23, 2011}}</ref> entrusted by the "[[Philadelphia City Council|Corporation of the city of Philadelphia]]".<ref name="AJS_johnscottaward">{{cite journal |author=[[Benjamin Silliman]] |year=1830 |title=Miscellanies - Premiums for useful inventions |journal=[[American Journal of Science and Arts]] |volume=18 |issue=July |pages=p.382 |publisher=Hezekiah Howe |doi= |pmid= |pmc= |url=http://books.google.be/books?id=_PQQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA382#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=March 23, 2011 }}</ref>
In 1822 the first awards were given to thirteen people by the [[Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pspaonline.com/ |title=Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture |accessdate=March 23, 2011}}</ref> entrusted by the "[[Philadelphia City Council|Corporation of the city of Philadelphia]]".<ref name="AJS_johnscottaward">{{cite journal |author=[[Benjamin Silliman]] |year=1830 |title=Miscellanies - Premiums for useful inventions |journal=[[American Journal of Science and Arts]] |volume=18 |issue=July |page=382 |publisher=Hezekiah Howe |doi= |pmid= |pmc= |url=http://books.google.be/books?id=_PQQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA382#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=March 23, 2011 }}</ref>


The druggist John Scott of [[Edinburgh]] organized a $4,000 fund which, after his death in 1815 was administered by a merchant until the first award, a copper medal and "an amount not to exceed twenty dollars", was given in 1822. (At the time, $20 could buy one ox or a 12-volume encyclopedia.) Several hundred recipients have since been selected by the [[Philadelphia City Council|City Council of Philadelphia]], which decides from the annual list of nominees made by the [[Franklin Institute]].
The druggist John Scott of [[Edinburgh]] organized a $4,000 fund which, after his death in 1815 was administered by a merchant until the first award, a copper medal and "an amount not to exceed twenty dollars", was given in 1822. (At the time, $20 could buy one ox or a 12-volume encyclopedia.) Several hundred recipients have since been selected by the [[Philadelphia City Council|City Council of Philadelphia]], which decides from the annual list of nominees made by the [[Franklin Institute]].

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John Scott Medal
CountryUSA
Presented byThe Franklin Institute and the City Council of Philadelphia
First awarded1816

The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium, created in 1816, is a medal presented to men and women whose inventions improved the "comfort, welfare, and happiness of human kind" in a significant way.[1] Since 1919 the Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia[2] provide this award, recommended by an advisory committee.[3][4]

In 1822 the first awards were given to thirteen people by the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture[5] entrusted by the "Corporation of the city of Philadelphia".[6]

The druggist John Scott of Edinburgh organized a $4,000 fund which, after his death in 1815 was administered by a merchant until the first award, a copper medal and "an amount not to exceed twenty dollars", was given in 1822. (At the time, $20 could buy one ox or a 12-volume encyclopedia.) Several hundred recipients have since been selected by the City Council of Philadelphia, which decides from the annual list of nominees made by the Franklin Institute.

Most awards have been given for inventions in science and medicine. Famous recipients include Madame Curie, Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, Nikola Tesla, Edwin Land, Jonas Salk, Irving Langmuir, Benoît Mandelbrot, Robert Burns Woodward, Glenn Seaborg, Edgar Sharp McFadden, Frederick G. Banting, Humberto Fernandez Moran, Luis W. Alvarez, Guglielmo Marconi, William T. Bovie, John Bardeen, Kary B. Mullis, Alexander Fleming, Lyle Goodhue, Ralph L. Brinster, and Professor Richard E. Smalley.

In 2010, the award went to Christian J. Lambertsen.

In 2013, the award was given to biochemist and biophysicist P. Leslie Dutton and to two physicians working with birth defects, N. Scott Adzick and Robert L. Brent.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Sundry Trusts". Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia. Retrieved March 20, 2011. "...the John Scott Medal Fund, established in 1816...".
  2. ^ "Board of Directors of City Trusts". Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Garfield, E. "The John Scott Award". John Scott Award Advisory Committee. Retrieved March 21, 2011. Eugene Garfield is member of the Advisory Committee.
  4. ^ "John Scott Medal Fund". Science. 55 (1422). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 344. March 31, 1922. doi:10.1126/science.55.1422.344-a. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture". Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  6. ^ Benjamin Silliman (1830). "Miscellanies - Premiums for useful inventions". American Journal of Science and Arts. 18 (July). Hezekiah Howe: 382. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  7. ^ Vitez, Michael (21 November 2013). "3 Phila. medical men to be honored". Philadelphia Inquirer. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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