Comstock Prize in Physics

The Comstock Prize in Physics ( English Comstock Prize in Physics ) is awarded by the National Academy of Sciences for "innovative discoveries or studies in the fields of electricity , magnetism or radiant energy in the broader sense".

Award winners must be residents of North America. The award was named after Cyrus B. Comstock and has been awarded every five years since 1913.

List of award winners

• 1913: Robert A. Millikan
• 1918: Samuel Jackson Barnett
• 1923: William Duane
• 1928: Clinton J. Davisson
• 1933: Percy W. Bridgman
• 1938: Ernest O. Lawrence
• 1943: Donald W. Kerst
• 1948: Merle A. Tuve
• 1953: William B. Shockley
• 1958: Charles H. Townes
• 1963: CS Wu
• 1968: Leon N Cooper and J. Robert Schrieffer
• 1973: Robert Henry Dicke
• 1978: Raymond Davis junior
• 1983: Theodor W. Hänsch and Peter Sorokin
• 1988: Paul CW Chu and Wu Maw-Kuen
• 1993: EL Hahn and Charles P. Slichter
• 1999: John Clarke
• 2004: John N. Bahcall
• 2009: Charles L. Bennett
• 2014: Deborah Jin
• 2019: Michal Lipson

Web links

• Comstock Prize in Physics on the National Academy of Sciences website