Michael Faraday Prize
The Michael Faraday Prize of the Royal Society has been awarded since 1986 scientific annually for public display findings in the UK. It is associated with a silver medal and is endowed with 2500 pounds. The winner will hold a lecture in January of the following year at which the medal will be awarded. It is named after the physicist Michael Faraday , who was known for his public lectures.
Award winners
- 1986: Charles Taylor
- 1987: Peter Medawar
- 1988: Erik Christopher Zeeman
- 1989: Colin Blakemore
- 1990: Richard Dawkins
- 1991: George Porter
- 1992: Richard Gregory
- 1993: Ian Fells
- 1994: Walter Bodmer
- 1995: Ian Stewart
- 1996: Steve Jones
- 1997: David C. Phillips
- 1998: Susan Greenfield
- 1999: Robert Winston
- 2000: Lewis Wolpert
- 2001: Harold Kroto
- 2002: Paul Davies
- 2003: David Attenborough
- 2004: Martin Rees
- 2005: Fran Balkwill
- 2006: Richard Fortey
- 2007: Jim Al-Khalili
- 2008: John D. Barrow
- 2009: Marcus du Sautoy
- 2010: Jocelyn Bell -Burnell
- 2011: Colin Pillinger
- 2012: Brian Cox
- 2013: Frank Close
- 2014: Andrea Sella
- 2015: Katherine Willis
- 2016: Nick Lane
- 2017: Mark Miodownik
- 2018: Danielle George
- 2019: Martyn Poliakoff
- 2020: David Spiegelhalter
Web links
- Website at the Royal Society