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Rumford Medal

an award bestowed by Britain's Royal Society every alternating year for an outstandingly important recent discovery in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter

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35 memorial pages

Portrait of William Huggins (1824–1910) – memorial page

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William Huggins

02/07/1824 – 05/12/1910

86 years

Portrait of Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906) – memorial page

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Samuel Pierpont Langley

08/22/1834 – 02/27/1906

71 years

Portrait of George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903) – memorial page

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George Gabriel Stokes

08/13/1819 – 02/01/1903

83 years

Portrait of Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824–1887) – memorial page

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Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

03/12/1824 – 10/17/1887

63 years

Portrait of James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) – memorial page

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James Clerk Maxwell

06/13/1831 – 11/05/1879

48 years

Portrait of William Fox Talbot (1800–1877) – memorial page

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William Fox Talbot

02/11/1800 – 09/17/1877

77 years

Portrait of Anders Jonas Ångström (1814–1874) – memorial page

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Anders Jonas Ångström

08/13/1814 – 06/21/1874

59 years

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774–1862) – memorial page

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Jean-Baptiste Biot

04/21/1774 – 02/03/1862

87 years

Portrait of Macedonio Melloni (1798–1854) – memorial page

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Macedonio Melloni

04/11/1798 – 08/11/1854

56 years

Portrait of William Murdoch (1754–1839) – memorial page

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William Murdoch

08/21/1754 – 11/15/1839

85 years

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William Charles Wells

01/01/1757 – 01/01/1817

60 years

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