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Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize [SEP] conferred by | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is annually awarded for fiction by an American woman.
The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies and the Department of English at the University of Rochester have awarded the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for fiction by an American woman since... | Hemingway Prize for First Fiction by an American author. The book was republished in 2014 by New York Review Books with an introduction by Meghan O'Rourke. Chase died on 17 April 2018 at the age of 81, after a long illness.
Awards.
- 1983, PEN/Hemingway Prize
- 1984, Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
- 1987, Whiting Award
- ... | 8,000 | zeroshot-train |
Jessie Bernard Award [SEP] conferred by | Jessie Bernard Award
The Jessie Bernard Award is given by the American Sociological Association in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. The contribution may be in empirical research, theory or methodology. It is presented for signific... | , recipient of the 2010 World Statesman Award.
Sep 22, 2009
Address by Ivan Lewis on behalf of PM Gordon Brown
The Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom received the 2009 World Statesman Award
Sep 22, 2009
Address by Muhtar Kent
Muhtar Kent, Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company received the 2009 Appeal o... | 8,001 | zeroshot-train |
John B Goodenough Award [SEP] conferred by | John B. Goodenough Award
The John B. Goodenough Award is run biennially by the Royal Society of Chemistry and awards contributions to the field of materials chemistry. The prize winner, chosen by the Materials Chemistry Division Awards Committee, receives a monetary reward, a medal, a certificate and completes a UK lec... | Binghamton University.https://www.binghamton.edu/necces/
He received the Young Author Award from The Electrochemical Society in 1971, the Battery Research Award in 2004, and was elected a Fellow in 2006 for his contributions to lithium battery science and technology. In 2010, he was listed as top 40 innovators for cont... | 8,002 | zeroshot-train |
John Bates Clark Medal [SEP] conferred by | John Bates Clark Medal
The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge."
According to "The Chronicle of Higher Education", it "is widely regarded as one... | "honoris causa", Haverford College
- 2008, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for Krugman's contributions to New Trade Theory. He became the twelfth John Bates Clark Medal winner to be awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize.
- 2011, EPI Distinguished Economist Award.
- 2011 Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary
- 2012, Doctor hono... | 8,003 | zeroshot-train |
John Burroughs Medal [SEP] conferred by | John Burroughs Medal
The "John Burroughs Medal" , named for nature writer John Burroughs (1837–1921), is awarded each year in April by the John Burroughs Association to the author of a book that the association has judged to be distinguished in the field of natural history. Only twice has the award been given to a work... | emeritus in 1978.
He was elected a fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1974. He was awarded the John Burroughs Medal in 1989 for his 1979 book "On Watching Birds".
Lawrence Kilham died at his home in Lyme, New Hampshire on 21 Sep 2000. He was predeceased by his wife and a son, Peter. He was survived by thre... | 8,004 | zeroshot-train |
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science [SEP] conferred by | John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
The John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for noteworthy and distinguished accomplishments in any field of science within the charter of the Academy". Established by the American Telephone and Telegraph ... | - 1957 — elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- 1958 — awarded the Comstock Prize in Physics from the National Academy of Science.
- 1959 — awarded the Richtmyer Memorial Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers.
- 1961 — awarded the David Sarnoff Electronics Award given by the In... | 8,005 | zeroshot-train |
John Price Wetherill Medal [SEP] conferred by | John Price Wetherill Medal
The John Price Wetherill Medal was an award of the Franklin Institute. It was established with a bequest given by the family of John Price Wetherill (1844–1906) on April 3, 1917. On June 10, 1925, the Board of Managers voted to create a silver medal, to be awarded for "discovery or invention ... | their time. In 1950, the Varians were awarded the John Price Wetherill Medal for the development of the klystron, and both were posthumously inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame in 1993.
Childhood.
The Varian brothers' parents, John and Agnes Varian, were born and raised in Ireland, and wer... | 8,006 | zeroshot-train |
John von Neumann Award [SEP] conferred by | John von Neumann Award
The John von Neumann Award, named after John von Neumann is given annually by the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies (Budapest, Hungary), to an outstanding scholar in the exact social sciences, whose works have had substantial influence over a long period of time on the studies and intellec... | IEEE John von Neumann Medal
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1990 and may be presented annually "for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology." The achievements may be theoretical, technological, or entrepreneurial, and need not have been made ... | 8,007 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Jaspers Prize [SEP] conferred by | Karl Jaspers Prize
The Karl Jaspers Prize or Karl-Jaspers-Preis is a German philosophy award named after Karl Jaspers and awarded by the city of Heidelberg and the University of Heidelberg. It was first awarded in 1983 "for a scientific work of international significance supported by philosophical spirit". The Karl Jas... | Translation into English of Jaspers' 1958 peace prize acceptance speech "Truth, Freedom, and Peace".
- "The Philosophy Of Karl Jaspers" edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp 1957
- Karl Jaspers: Philosopher of Otherness at the New Acropolis Online Library | 8,008 | zeroshot-train |
King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research [SEP] conferred by | King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research
The King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research is a research award given annually by the Norwegian Cancer Society to a researcher who has distinguished himself through his scientific contributions to Norwegian cancer research. It was established in 1992.
Recipients.
Source: Norwegi... | casket was moved to Akershus Fortress where a private service was held.
Olav was finally laid to rest next to his wife Märtha in the green sarcophagus of the Royal Mausoleum.
Legacy.
King Olav's leadership during the Second World War made him a symbol of Norwegian independence and national unity. As King Olav's wife, ... | 8,009 | zeroshot-train |
Konrad Adenauer Prize [SEP] conferred by | Konrad Adenauer Prize
The Konrad Adenauer Prize () is an award that was infrequently awarded by the Germany Foundation, an organisation associated with the Christian Democratic Union, from 1967 to 2001. It was named after statesman and former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
List of prize winners.
- 1967 Armin Mohler... | religious and social issues. Since 2000, it has awarded the internationally respected Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis and, since 2006, the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis, an innovation prize for applied laser technology.
Awards.
In July 1990, in a motion brought forward by the Faculty of Engineering and Manufactu... | 8,010 | zeroshot-train |
Kálmán Ferenczfalvi [SEP] conferred by | America and Australia came forward to bear witness to the rescue actions*.
Kálmán Ferenczfalvi was honored on 2 June 1988 in Jerusalem by the Yad Vashem Institute with the title Righteous Among the Nations and an olive tree was planted in his honor in Remembrance Park of the Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance ... | Kálmán Ferenczfalvi
Kálmán Ferenczfalvi (born 15 March 1921, Debrecen, Hungary - d. 8 April 2005, Debrecen, Hungary) was a Hungarian humanitarian, named as one of the Righteous Among the Nations after World War II.
Holocaust.
Kálmán Ferenczfalvi is credited with having saved the lives of more than 2000 people*. A Hunga... | 8,011 | zeroshot-train |
Langley Gold Medal [SEP] conferred by | Langley Gold Medal
The Langley Gold Medal, or Samuel P. Langley Medal for Aerodromics, is an award given by the Smithsonian Institution for outstanding contributions to the sciences of aeronautics and astronautics. Named in honor of Samuel P. Langley, the Smithsonian's third Secretary, it was authorized by the Board of... | the Kingdom of Jordan;
- Columbus Congress Order Grade „"Grand Extraordinary Cross”" Gold Plated;
- "Gold Medal „Pericles”," conferred by the President of Hellenic Parliament;
- "The Gold Medal of the French Senate," conferred by its President;
- „"Grand Decoration”," awarded by the Senate of the Republic of Chile;
- "... | 8,012 | zeroshot-train |
Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award [SEP] conferred by | Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
The Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award, known until 2009 as the Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award, is awarded by the Lasker Foundation to honor an individual or organization whose public service has profoundly enlarged the possibilities for medical research and the health... | 32 in the last two decades. Claire Pomeroy is the current President of the Foundation.
The four main awards are:
- Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award (Renamed in 2011 from Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award. Renamed i... | 8,013 | zeroshot-train |
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award [SEP] conferred by | Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award is one of four annual awards presented by the Lasker Foundation. The Lasker-DeBakey award is given to honor outstanding work for the understanding, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and cure of disease. This award was renamed ... | 32 in the last two decades. Claire Pomeroy is the current President of the Foundation.
The four main awards are:
- Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award (Renamed in 2011 from Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award. Renamed i... | 8,014 | zeroshot-train |
Laurent Clerc Award [SEP] conferred by | Laurent Clerc Award
The Laurent Clerc Award is an annual honor bestowed by Gallaudet University's Alumni Association to recognize a deaf person for "his or her outstanding contributions to society," and specifically to honor their achievements in the interest of deaf people. It is named for Laurent Clerc (1785-1869). I... | In 2016, Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti. After the hurricane, Lamothe helped rebuild communities in Haiti through the Dr. Louis G. Lamothe Foundation, which he started in memory of his late father. Lamothe is working to improve fishing and agriculture in Anse du Clerc so as to help the citizens make sustainable incomes... | 8,015 | zeroshot-train |
Leroy P. Steele Prize [SEP] conferred by | Leroy P. Steele Prize
The Leroy P. Steele Prizes are awarded every year by the American Mathematical Society, for distinguished research work and writing in the field of mathematics. Since 1993 there has been a formal division into three categories.
The prizes have been given since 1970, from a bequest of Leroy P. Stee... | .
Awards and honors.
In 1962 Milnor was awarded the Fields Medal for his work in differential topology. He later went on to win the National Medal of Science (1967), the Lester R. Ford Award in 1970 and again in 1984, the Leroy P Steele Prize for "Seminal Contribution to Research" (1982), the Wolf Prize in Mathematics ... | 8,016 | zeroshot-train |
Lilienfeld Prize [SEP] conferred by | Lilienfeld Prize
The Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society, to remember Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, has been awarded annually, since 1989. (It was not awarded in 2002). The purpose of the Prize is to recognize outstanding contributions to physics.
Recipients.
Source: American Physical Society
Exte... | Hopkins University School of Medicine
- 2001 Honorary Vice President for the U.S. American Public Health Association
- 2001 Ernest Lyman Award for excellence in educational activities, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
- 2002 Foreign member, Brazilian National Academy of Medicine (elected)... | 8,017 | zeroshot-train |
Lord Lewis Prize [SEP] conferred by | Lord Lewis Prize
The Lord Lewis Prize is awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. The recipient receives a medal, a certificate and a prize of £5,000.
The Lord Lewis Priz... | time he declined it. He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan in 1972. In 1981, the British Academy elected Seervai its Corresponding Fellow, a distinction reserved for scholars of the highest academic distinction. Also in 1981, he was awarded the Dadabhai Naoroji Prize. In 1982, Seervai was elected Honorary Fellow of the ... | 8,018 | zeroshot-train |
Ludwig Mond Award [SEP] conferred by | Ludwig Mond Award
The Ludwig Mond Award is run annually by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The award is presented for outstanding research in any aspect of inorganic chemistry. The winner receives a monetary prize of £2000, in addition to a medal and a certificate, and completes a UK lecture tour. The winner is chosen ... | Ludwig Mond Award in his honour. A statue of him, designed by Édouard Lantéri (1912), stands in front of the former Brunner Mond offices in Winnington, flanked by a statue of Brunner.
Family and personal.
In October 1866 Mond married his cousin Frida Löwenthal (1847–1923) in her native town of Cologne. They soon moved ... | 8,019 | zeroshot-train |
Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring [SEP] conferred by | Ludwig Prandtl Ring
The Ludwig Prandtl Ring is the highest award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics), awarded "for outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace engineering". The award is named in honour of Ludwig Prandtl.
Recipients.
- 1957 Theodo... | in 1968 and is presented to an individual or team for an original concept or career contributions leading to a significant advancement in aircraft design or design technology.
- 2016: Ludwig Prandtl Ring. The Ludwig Prandtl Ring from German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics. It is awarded "for outstanding contri... | 8,020 | zeroshot-train |
Maamanithar [SEP] conferred by | Maamanithar
Maamanithar or Maamanithan ( "Māmaṉitar"; great human being or supremely great man) was an honour awarded by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. The honour was usually awarded to civilians posthumously.
Recipients.
- Kasi Ananthan (born 1938), poet.
- A. Chandranehru (1944–2005), politi... | allegedly by Dhammika Perera, a member of the Sri Lankan mafia. His body was found slumped in the driver's seat of his Nissan Serena, with six shots in Pagoda Road, Colombo. Notorious gangster Moratu Saman was shot dead on 18 May 2003 in Moratuwa by gangster Thoppi Chaminda. Ranasinghe was shot dead on 20 August 2003 i... | 8,021 | zeroshot-train |
MacArthur Fellows Program [SEP] conferred by | MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, commonly but unofficially known as a "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality... | , CBS, ABC and NBC Evening News, BBC, Australian and Canadian Broadcasting Corporations and more.
Awards/Honors.
- 1996-Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, California State University, conferred at Sonoma State University
- 1989-Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of New England
- 1985 to 1990- MacArthur Prize... | 8,022 | zeroshot-train |
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award [SEP] conferred by | Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award
The Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, is given to a woman who "holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research". It is "one of the top national honors" in biophysics. T... | R. Forrest
- 2013: Jennifer L. Ross and Katherine Henzler-Wildman
- 2014: Sarah Veatch
- 2015: Antonina Roll-Mecak
- 2016: Sophie Dumont and Polina Lishko
- 2017: Julie S. Biteen
See also.
- List of science and technology awards
- Prizes named after people
External links.
- Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award page
- Dayhoff ... | 8,023 | zeroshot-train |
Marjory Stephenson Prize [SEP] conferred by | Marjory Stephenson Prize
The Marjory Stephenson Prize is the principal prize of the Microbiology Society, awarded for an outstanding contribution of current importance in microbiology.
Marjory Stephenson was the second president of the Microbiology Society (1947 - 1949) and a distinguished pioneer of chemical microbiol... | ancient and modern"
- 2018 Geoffrey L Smith FRS, "Vaccinia virus: a portrait of a poxvirus"
- 2019 Gordon Dougan
In 1988, the Marjory Stephenson Memorial Lecture was renamed the Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture. Copies of most of these lectures can be found on the Microbiology Society webpage
See also.
- List of scienc... | 8,024 | zeroshot-train |
Max Born Award [SEP] conferred by | Max Born Award
The Max Born Award is given by the Optical Society (formerly the Optical Society of America) for "outstanding contributions to physical optics", and is named after Max Born.
Recipients.
- 2018 Demetrios N. Christodoulides
- 2017 Miles J. Padgett
- 2016 Xiang Zhang
- 2015 John D. Joannopoulos
- 2014 Costa... | Honours and awards.
- Awarded first New Zealand-India Sports Scholarship to study Graduation in Sport & Exercise at SIT, Invercargill, NZ
- Attended US Dept of State's 'Global Sports Mentoring Program' for emerging women leaders in sports in Sep-Oct 2015
- Conferred India's highest adventure honour 'Tenzing Norgay Nati... | 8,025 | zeroshot-train |
Max Born Prize [SEP] conferred by | Max Born Medal and Prize
The Max Born Medal and Prize is a scientific prize awarded yearly by the German Physical Society (DPG) and the British Institute of Physics (IOP) in memory of the German physicist Max Born. The terms of the award are that it is "to be presented for outstanding contributions to physics". The awa... | Elfriede Grünberg Award
The Elfriede Grünberg Prize has been conferred annually since 2000 by the Austrian Welser Initiative Against Fascism for merits in the fight against Nazism. The award was named after the Holocaust victim Elfriede Grünberg.
Namesake.
Elfriede Grünberg (1929 - 1942) was murdered by the Nazi regime... | 8,026 | zeroshot-train |
Meldola Medal and Prize [SEP] conferred by | Meldola Medal and Prize
The Meldola Medal and Prize was awarded annually from 1921-1979 by the Chemical Society and from 1980–2008 by the Royal Society of Chemistry to a British chemist who was under 32 years of age for promising original investigations in chemistry (which had been published). It commemorated Raphael M... | - , University of Oxford
Winners of the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes 2010.
- Scott Dalgarno, Heriot-Watt University
- , University of Oxford
- Nathan S Lawrence, Schlumberger Cambridge Research
Winners of the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes 2009.
- Eva Hevia, University of Strathclyde
- Petra Cameron, University o... | 8,027 | zeroshot-train |
Menéndez Pelayo International Prize [SEP] conferred by | Menéndez Pelayo International Prize
The Menéndez Pelayo International Prize has been awarded since 1987 by the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) with the objective of honoring those persons whose literary or scientific work has a humanistic orientation and application, in the tradition of the University's... | 2006.
- Salvador Ordóñez: 2006-2013.
- César Nombela: 2013–present.
The Menéndez Pelayo International Prize.
Since 1987, UIMP has sponsored and presented the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize, established under the patronage of Eulalio Ferrer (1921-2009), a Spanish-Mexican entrepreneur. The award is given to honor th... | 8,028 | zeroshot-train |
Michael and Kate Bárány Award [SEP] conferred by | Michael and Kate Bárány Award
The Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, "recognizes an outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor." The award was established in 1992 as the Young Investigator Awa... | a woman who holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research;
- Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators recognizes outstanding contributions to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor at the time of nomi... | 8,029 | zeroshot-train |
Miroslaw Romanowski Medal [SEP] conferred by | Miroslaw Romanowski Medal
The Miroslaw Romanowski Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Society of Canada "for significant contributions to the resolution of scientific aspects of environmental problems or for important improvements to the quality of an ecosystem in all aspects - terrestrial, atmospheric and aqueous -... | John L. Synge Award for outstanding research in any mathematical topic.
- Lorne Pierce Medal for an achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French (critical literature dealing with Canadian subjects has priority over critical literatur... | 8,030 | zeroshot-train |
MusiCares Person of the Year [SEP] conferred by | MusiCares Person of the Year
The MusiCares Person of the Year is an award presented annually by MusiCares (the charity arm of The Recording Academy), the same organization that distributes the Grammy Awards, to commend musicians for their artistic achievement in the music industry and dedication to philanthropy. The aw... | 's allegations. In May 2019, it was reported that by having the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall, Oak View Group which is associated with Azoff received 300 of the highest price tickets to the MusiCares event. Oak View Group was supposed to sell them as a package deal which... | 8,031 | zeroshot-train |
NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing [SEP] conferred by | NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
The NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "to recognize authors whose reviews have synthesized extensive and difficult material, rendering a significant service to science and influencing the course of scientific thought." It has been a... | Science
- William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research, formerly NAS Award for Initiatives in Research
- NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
- NAS Award for Scientific Discovery
- Public Welfare Medal
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research
- Astronomy/Astrophysics
- Henry Draper Medal
- J. Law... | 8,032 | zeroshot-train |
Nansen Refugee Award [SEP] conferred by | Nansen Refugee Award
The UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award is awarded annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to an individual, group, or organization in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees, displaced or stateless people. It was established in 1954.
Background.
The award i... | to the forcibly displaced.
UNHCR's Nansen Refugee Award consists of a commemorative medal, the Nansen Medal, and a US$100,000 monetary prize, donated by the governments of Norway and Switzerland, to begin a project in consultation with UNHCR to assist the forcibly displaced.
The Swiss and Norwegian governments, the Nor... | 8,033 | zeroshot-train |
Nastro d'Argento [SEP] conferred by | Nastro d'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento (lit. "Silver Ribbon") is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the "Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani" (lit. Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists). The "Nastro d'argento" is said to be the oldest movie award in Europe.
Awards.
The p... | Paola Quattrini
Paola Quattrini (born March 9, 1944) is an Italian actress.
Career.
She debuted as child actor in "Il bacio di una morta" (1949). From then she started a very long career between stage, film and television, starring in hundreds of productions. In 1993 she won a Nastro d'Argento for Best supporting Actre... | 8,034 | zeroshot-train |
National Medal of Science [SEP] conferred by | National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics... | honors include the 2006 Acta Materialia Gold Medal; the 2007 European Materials Medal, the highest honor conferred by the Federation of European Materials Societies comprising 27 countries; the 2008 Eringen Medal of the Society of Engineering Science; the 2011 General President's Gold Medal from the Indian National Sci... | 8,035 | zeroshot-train |
National Prize of the German Democratic Republic [SEP] conferred by | National Prize of the German Democratic Republic
The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) () was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, and other meritorious achievement. With scientific achievements, it was often given ... | Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic
The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic (German: "Kunstpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik") was an East German state award bestowed on individuals for contributions in various fields of art.
History.
The Art Prize was annually awarded in recognition of "outst... | 8,036 | zeroshot-train |
Newbery Medal [SEP] conferred by | Newbery Medal
The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". The Newbery an... | was named Library of Congress Living Legend in the writers and artists category for her contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States. She received the National Medal of Arts in 2003.
Cleary's books have been published in over 25 different languages and have been recognized by many awards and honors. "Dea... | 8,037 | zeroshot-train |
Nininger Meteorite Award [SEP] conferred by | Nininger Meteorite Award
The Nininger Meteorite Award awarded by the Center for Meteorite Studies recognizes outstanding student achievement in the “Science of Meteoritics” as embodied by an original research paper. In 1965, Dr. Harvey H. Nininger and Mrs. Addie D. Nininger endowed the Nininger Science of Meteoritics F... | - Nininger, Harvey Harlow. "Find a Falling Star" (New York: Paul S. Eriksson), 1972.
- Palmer, D. T. "Harvey Nininger: Father of American Meteoritics", "Meteorite" Vol. 5, p. 40-41 (1999).
External links.
- American Meteorite Museum postcards, MSS 3668 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham... | 8,038 | zeroshot-train |
Norwegian Booksellers' Prize [SEP] conferred by | Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize ("Bokhandlerprisen") is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association.
The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in the fiction / general literature category, including children's and youth books.
The prize was initiate... | 2005 NRK P2 Listeners' Prize
- 2008 Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
- 2008 Stavanger County Culture Prize
- 2008 Stavanger kommunes kulturpris
- 2010 Norwegian Culture Council Prize
- 2014 Stavanger Aftenblads Culture Prize
- 2014 Stavanger Aftenblads kulturpris
Nominations
- 2005 Brage Prize
- 2005 Young Critics' Prize
-... | 8,039 | zeroshot-train |
Nynorsk Literature Prize [SEP] conferred by | Nynorsk Literature Prize
The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect. The award is presented for the best novel, poetry, novellas, or drama in the past year.
Winners.
List of winners.
- 1982 – Eldrid Lunden,... | - "Gi lyd. Tekstar 1968-2008." Selected works by Agnes Ravatn and Trygve Åslund (2008)
- "Nordaustpassasjen" (Northward) - (2012)
Prizes.
- Aschehougprisen 1975
- The Nordic Council's Literature Prize 1978, for "Dalen Portland"
- The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1980, for "Fyr and flamme"
- Melsom Prize 1981
... | 8,040 | zeroshot-train |
Obie Award [SEP] conferred by | Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by "The Village Voice" newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the American Theatre Wing. As the Tony Awards cover Broadway production... | Honours and awards.
- Awarded first New Zealand-India Sports Scholarship to study Graduation in Sport & Exercise at SIT, Invercargill, NZ
- Attended US Dept of State's 'Global Sports Mentoring Program' for emerging women leaders in sports in Sep-Oct 2015
- Conferred India's highest adventure honour 'Tenzing Norgay Nati... | 8,041 | zeroshot-train |
Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow [SEP] conferred by | Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow
The Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (Russian: Орден святого благоверного князя Даниила Московского) is an award of the Russian Orthodox Church, established in 1978. There are three classes.
History.
The Order was created by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Pimen I, and... | of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, II degree
- 1999 - Order of St. Sergius II degree;
- 2002 - Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, III degree;
- 2004 - Order of St. Equal to the Apostles Prince Vladimir II degree;
- 2007 - Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, II degree
- 2009 - Order of the Holy ... | 8,042 | zeroshot-train |
Order of José Martí [SEP] conferred by | Order of José Martí
The Order of José Martí (Orden José Martí) is a state honor in Cuba. The Order was named so after José Martí, the national hero of Cuba. The design was realized by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra.
Notable recipients.
- Alexander Lukashenko
- Armando Hart
- António Mascarenhas Monteiro
- Michael Manl... | International José Martí Prize
- José Martí
External links.
- Images of the Order of José Martí | 8,043 | zeroshot-train |
Order of the Badge of Honour [SEP] conferred by | Order of the Badge of Honour
The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.
It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in production, scientific research and social, cultural and other forms of social activity; for promot... | garment
- the Second Class, consisting of the Badge and the Star of the Order
- the Badge is to be worn suspended round the neck from a ribbon, and the Star is to be worn on the left side of the outer garment
- the Third Class, consisting of the Badge of the Order
- the Badge is to be worn suspended round the neck from... | 8,044 | zeroshot-train |
Oscar Robertson Trophy [SEP] conferred by | Oscar Robertson Trophy
The Oscar Robertson Trophy is given out annually to the outstanding men's college basketball player by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). The trophy is considered to be the oldest of its kind and has been given out since 1959.
History.
USBWA College Player of the Year was s... | Famer and former Boston Celtics guard Bob Cousy. An original list of 73 candidates made up of players from Division I, II and III schools was trimmed by a Hall of Fame appointed, nationally based committee to 20 and has now narrowed that list to a final 11. Devan Downey (South Carolina) and John Wall (Kentucky) were am... | 8,045 | zeroshot-train |
Oskar Pfister Award [SEP] conferred by | Oskar Pfister Award
The Oskar Pfister Award was established by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), with the Association of Mental Health Clergy (now the Association of Professional Chaplains), in 1983 to honor those who have made significant contributions to the field of religion and psychiatry. The recipient d... | 1985 Oskar Pfister Award for important contributions to religion and psychiatry.
Frankl died of heart failure on 2 September 1997. He was survived by his wife Eleonore, one daughter, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Controversy.
In "The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: A Reflection on the Odd Career of Vik... | 8,046 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Hahn Prize [SEP] conferred by | Otto Hahn Prize
The Otto Hahn Prize is awarded biennially jointly by the Society of German Chemists (), the German Physical Society () and the city of Frankfurt am Main for outstanding achievement in the field of chemistry, physics or applied engineering science. It was established in 2005 by the merger of the previous... | Whiting, 2004. "Otto Hahn and the Discovery of Nuclear Fission". Mitchell Lane, Hockessin.
External links.
- Otto Hahn – the top 10 greatest scientists
- Otto Hahn – the 100 greatest Germans
- Otto Hahn – winner of the Enrico Fermi Award 1966 U.S Government, Department of Energy
- Annotated bibliography for Otto Hahn f... | 8,047 | zeroshot-train |
Outstanding Structure Award [SEP] conferred by | Outstanding Structure Award
The Outstanding Structure Award is an award presented by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering to the Engineer, Architect, Contractor, and the Owner in recognition of "the most remarkable, innovative, creative or otherwise stimulating structure completed within ... | North America conferred the Paul Waterbury Outdoor Lighting Design Award - Special Citation for Exterior Lighting
- 1989, the Temple received an award from the Maharashtra-India Chapter of the American Concrete Institute for "excellence in a concrete structure".
- 1994 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, in its 'Archit... | 8,048 | zeroshot-train |
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation [SEP] conferred by | PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is given by the PEN American Center to honor a poetry translation published in the preceding year. The award should not be confused with the PEN Translation Prize. The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN in over 145 P... | Collected Poems." On October 14, 1994, he received the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton. He also received the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation in 1994. In 2003 Wilbur was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2006 he won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. In 2010 he won the National Tra... | 8,049 | zeroshot-train |
PEN Pinter Prize [SEP] conferred by | PEN Pinter Prize
The PEN Pinter Prize and the Pinter International Writer of Courage Award both comprise an annual literary award launched in 2009 by English PEN in honour of the late Nobel Literature Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, who had been a Vice President of English PEN and an active member of the Intern... | Library, on or around 10 October, the anniversary of Pinter's birth.
The PEN Pinter Prize is one of the many PEN literary awards sponsored by PEN International affiliates in "more than 100" PEN International Centers located around the world.
Recipients.
Recipients 2009.
- PEN Pinter Prize: Tony Harrison, poet and playw... | 8,050 | zeroshot-train |
PEN Translation Prize [SEP] conferred by | PEN Translation Prize
The PEN Translation Prize (formerly known as the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize through 2008) is an annual award given by the PEN American Center to outstanding translations into the English language. It has been presented annually by PEN American Center and the Book of the Month Clu... | Collected Poems." On October 14, 1994, he received the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton. He also received the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation in 1994. In 2003 Wilbur was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2006 he won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. In 2010 he won the National Tra... | 8,051 | zeroshot-train |
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay [SEP] conferred by | PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay is awarded by the PEN American Center to an author for a book of original collected essays. The award was founded by PEN Member and author Barbaralee Diamonstein and Carl Spielvogel, former "New York ... | Barack Obama in Des Moines, Iowa, recorded by the New York Review of Books and published in the October issues of the magazine in two-parts
Awards.
- 1982: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel for "Housekeeping"
- 1982: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist for "Housekeeping"
- 1989: National Book Award f... | 8,052 | zeroshot-train |
PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing [SEP] conferred by | PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
The PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing is awarded by the PEN American Center to honor "a nonfiction book about sports." The award was established in 2010 and is awarded to a title that is "biographical, investigative, historical, or analytical" in nature. Judges have i... | "The Best American Sports Writing anthologies", published by Houghton Mifflin Company, which annually features the 25 best sports stories in the nation.
- Leahy won the 2016 Casey Award for "The Last Innocents". The book was a nominee for the 2017 PEN/ESPN Award For Literary Sports Writing.
- "The Last Innocents" was n... | 8,053 | zeroshot-train |
PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature [SEP] conferred by | PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature
The PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature is awarded by the PEN American Center to honor an author of a major work of Paraguayan literature and the English translator. The award was established by author Lily Tuck to assist with the translation... | Delfina Acosta
Delfina Acosta (born December 24, 1956) is a Paraguayan poet and short story writer.
Acosta is a native of Asunción, and is by profession a pharmacist. Interested in literature from youth, she began her career as a published poet when some of her verse appeared in "Poesía itinerante" in 1984. Among her w... | 8,054 | zeroshot-train |
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction [SEP] conferred by | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens. The winner receives US $15,000 and each of four runners-up receives US $5000. Finalists read from their works at the presen... | won him the National Book Award for fiction. It was followed in 1988 by "Libra", a bestseller. DeLillo has twice been a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist (for "Mao II" in 1992 and for "Underworld" in 1998), won the PEN/Faulkner Award for "Mao II" in 1992 (receiving a further PEN/Faulkner Award nomination for "The Ang... | 8,055 | zeroshot-train |
PEN/Malamud Award [SEP] conferred by | PEN/Malamud Award
The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors "excellence in the art of the short story", and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. The selection committee is composed of PEN/Faulkner directors and representatives of Bernard Malamud's literary executors. The award was first given in ... | the Drawer" in "The Atlantic Monthly", April 1968
- 1984 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, runner-up for "The Stories"
PEN/Malamud Award
Given annually since 1988 to honor Malamud's memory, the PEN/Malamud Award recognizes excellence in the art of the short story. The award is funded in part by Malamud's $10,000 bequest ... | 8,056 | zeroshot-train |
Paul Selvin Award [SEP] conferred by | Paul Selvin Award
The Paul Selvin Award is a special award presented by the Writers Guild of America. It is given to the script that "best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere and to whose defense Paul Selvin committe... | nominated by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) for the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book award. The book was made into a TV movie entitled "Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol", released in 1999.
In 2001, Selvin helped Paul Grushkin in authoring for "Hard Rock Cafe", a book describing highlights of the restaurant and nightclub chain'... | 8,057 | zeroshot-train |
Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry [SEP] conferred by | Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
The Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry is a prestigious award established in 2008 by the Royal Society of Chemistry for sustained originality and achievement in research in any area of organic chemistry.
The prize is named after Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), inventor of the f... | Natural Product Chemistry Award
- Nyholm Prize for Education
- Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
- Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
- Organic Stereochemistry Award
- Organometallic Chemistry Award
- Pedler Award
- Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
- Physical Organic Chemistry Award
- Theophilus Redwood Award
- Ch... | 8,058 | zeroshot-train |
Pomeranchuk Prize [SEP] conferred by | Pomeranchuk Prize
The Pomeranchuk Prize is an international award for theoretical physics, awarded annually since 1998 by the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) from Moscow. It is named after Russian physicist Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk, who together with Landau established the Theoretical Phy... | he founded the faculty of physics and technology.
With Pomeranchuk he studied neutron scattering and plasma physics at the
Kurchatov nuclear physics institute in Moscow (1944–52).
Awards.
- 1949 L. I. Mandelshtam Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- 1998 Pomeranchuk Prize
Books.
- First Russian book on nuclea... | 8,059 | zeroshot-train |
Presidential Young Investigator Award [SEP] conferred by | Presidential Young Investigator Award
The Presidential Young Investigator Award (PYI) was awarded by the National Science Foundation of the United States Federal Government. The program operated from 1984 to 1991, and was replaced by the NSF Young Investigator (NYI) Awards and Presidential Faculty Fellows Program (PFF)... | reactions. Yoon demonstrated that the chain processes dominated the product formation of the three photoredox transformations.
Awards/Honors.
- 2015 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, granted by the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation
- 2013 William H. Kiekhofer Distinguished Teaching Award, presented by University of Wisc... | 8,060 | zeroshot-train |
Price Medal [SEP] conferred by | Price Medal
Price Medal is a medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, for investigations of outstanding merit in solid-earth geophysics, oceanography, or planetary sciences. The medal is named after Albert Thomas Price. It was first awarded in 1994 and was initially given every three years. In 2005 this switched to eve... | colonies by the Grand Lodge of Scotland.
He was appointed Grand Master of the newly established Provincial Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in that same year. (Upon his death, John Hancock became Grand Master.)
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has an award in his name for Masons who have served the fraternity, the country,... | 8,061 | zeroshot-train |
Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas [SEP] conferred by | Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas
The Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who are artists or craftsman in the fields of visual arts, of the trades of art, architecture and the design. It is named in honour of Paul-Émile Borduas.
The disciplines ... | Montreal, Canada, 2000
- In 1993, she was the subject of a major retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Awards.
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- 2011 Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Arts.
- 2018 Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas
References.
- Bélisle, Josée. "Acquisition récente" [Geneviève Cadieux]. ... | 8,062 | zeroshot-train |
Prix Wilder-Penfield [SEP] conferred by | Prix Wilder-Penfield
The Prix Wilder-Penfield is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to scientists whose research aims fall within the field of biomedicine. These fields include the medical sciences, the natural sciences, and engineering". It is named in honour of Wilder... | Other uses.
- Doctor Penfield Avenue, Montreal
- Louis Penfield House, Ohio, built by Frank Lloyd Wright
- Penfield Academy, Quebec
- Penfield Central School District, New York
- Penfield High School, New York
- Penfield homunculus, a distorted representation of the human body
- Penfield Library, State University of Ne... | 8,063 | zeroshot-train |
Prix de la critique [SEP] conferred by | Prix de la critique
The Prix de la critique is a prize awarded by the Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée to the best comic album released for a year in France. Previously, from 1984 to 2003, it was called "Prix Bloody Mary" and awarded at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Concern... | Prix Mystère de la critique
The Prix Mystère de la critique was established in 1972 by the magazine "", published by the from 1948 to 1976, and continues to be awarded each year by its founder, Georges Rieben and his team. It has the characteristic of having survived the demise of the magazine.
The Prix Mystère de la c... | 8,064 | zeroshot-train |
Public Welfare Medal [SEP] conferred by | Public Welfare Medal
The Public Welfare Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "in recognition of distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public welfare." It is the most prestigious honor conferred by the Academy. First awarded in 1914, the medal has been awarded annually sin... | of awards presented by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, and the NIH, including the Meritorious Service Medal conferred upon her by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (then the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Three Nobel Prize Winners participa... | 8,065 | zeroshot-train |
Pushkin Prize [SEP] conferred by | Pushkin Prize
The Pushkin Prize () was established in 1881 by the Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest Russian poets Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837). The prize was awarded to the Russian who achieved the highest standard of literary excellence. The prize was discontinued during the Soviet period. It w... | the title of a Goodwill Ambassador of UN Food and Agriculture Organization for her contributions.
On 20 October 2015, Leyla Aliyeva was awarded Russian Federation's "Pushkin" Medal. On 4 November 2015, at a reception in honour of the People’s Unity Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the "Pushkin" Medal to ... | 8,066 | zeroshot-train |
Radiosportens Jerringpris [SEP] conferred by | Radiosportens Jerringpris
Radiosportens Jerringpris is a prize established by Radiosporten, the sport section of Sveriges Radio, voted by its radio audience who choose the Swedish athlete or team that has made the best sport performance of the year.. The prize is named after Swedish radio personality Sven Jerring. It i... | , Sjöström was awarded the Swedish public radio Radiosportens Jerringpris award for the second year in a row.
Career 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sjöström competed in four individual events, reaching the semi-finals of the 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle, and fin... | 8,067 | zeroshot-train |
Raoul Wallenberg Award [SEP] conferred by | Raoul Wallenberg Award
The Raoul Wallenberg Award is bestowed by The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States on "individuals, organizations, and communities whose courage, selflessness and success against great odds personified those of Raoul Wallenberg himself." It has been awarded periodically since 1985, whe... | began work for the issuance of a United States postal stamp to honor Wallenberg. The stamp was issued in 1997.
- Established October 5, 1989 as Raoul Wallenberg Recognition Day by a Congressional Resolution.
Awards.
- Raoul Wallenberg Award
- The Raoul Wallenberg A Hero For Our Time Award
- The Raoul Wallenberg Civic C... | 8,068 | zeroshot-train |
Rayleigh Medal [SEP] conferred by | Rayleigh Medal
The Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. It should not be confused with the medal of the same name awarded by the Institute of Physics.
List of recipients.
Source: I... | - Rayleigh scattering
- Rayleigh wave equation
- Rayleigh waves
Science and Mathematics Fluid mechanics.
- Janzen-Rayleigh expansion
- Plateau–Rayleigh instability
- Rayleigh–Bénard convection
- Rayleigh–Plesset equation
- Rayleigh–Taylor instability
- Rayleigh's equation (fluid dynamics)
- Rayleigh flow
- Rayleigh num... | 8,069 | zeroshot-train |
Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science [SEP] conferred by | Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science
The Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science is awarded annually by the Research Council of Norway. According to its bylaws, the prize is to be given in order to "reward and stimulate the dissemination of ... | Prize) - rewards excellence in research, nationally as well as internationally. Award-winners receive the sum of NOK 500 000 and the Møbius statuette.
- The Award for Excellence in Communication of Science - given to a researcher who has demonstrated outstanding ability and innovation in communicating the results of hi... | 8,070 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science [SEP] conferred by | Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, formerly called Boyle Medal, is a prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry for Analytical Chemistry.
Not to be confused with the Irish Times Boyle Medal, also awarded in chemistry, or Boyle Higgins Gold Medal of the Institute of Chemist... | -optic sensors.
He has received many awards in his career, including the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Analytical Chemistry sponsored by Fisher Scientific Company in 1987, and the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science in 2010. Professor Hieftje has authored many books. Perhaps, the most well-known is “Ch... | 8,071 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Chesley Award [SEP] conferred by | Robert Chesley Award
The Robert Chesley Award was an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour drama works by playwrights in the LGBT community. First presented in 1994, the award was named in memory of playwright Robert Chesley. The award was discontinued in 2008.
Winners.
- 1994 — Lisa Kron, D... | Honours and awards.
- Awarded first New Zealand-India Sports Scholarship to study Graduation in Sport & Exercise at SIT, Invercargill, NZ
- Attended US Dept of State's 'Global Sports Mentoring Program' for emerging women leaders in sports in Sep-Oct 2015
- Conferred India's highest adventure honour 'Tenzing Norgay Nati... | 8,072 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Falla Memorial Award [SEP] conferred by | Robert Falla Memorial Award
The Robert Falla Memorial Award (sometimes referred to as the Falla Award) is granted by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand to people "who have made a significant contribution to both the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and to New Zealand ornithology".
It was set up in memory of... | 1943.
Award.
The society grants the Robert Falla Memorial Award.
Notable members.
- Robert Falla, founding president
- Brian Douglas Bell, former president
- Kerry-Jayne Wilson, former vice-president
- Geoffrey Armstrong Buddle, founding member
- Graham Turbott, founding member
External links.
- "Notornis", the officia... | 8,073 | zeroshot-train |
Royal Gold Medal [SEP] conferred by | Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture. It is given for a distinguished body of work rather than for one ... | received the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association, Gold Medal of Honour in 1986. Tee was awarded "Tan Sri" title by the Malaysian Government upon being conferred the Panglima Setia Makhota (PSM) in 1994 and the Royal Malaysia Police Order of Valour Medal in 1996. In 2015, he was conferred the Distinguished Service Orde... | 8,074 | zeroshot-train |
Royal Medal [SEP] conferred by | Royal Medal
The Royal Medal, also known as The Queen's Medal and The King's Medal (depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award), is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and o... | Special Reserve. The medal was superseded by the Efficiency Medal in 1930.
No recipient could receive both this and the concurrently awarded Territorial Force Efficiency Medal.
Awards were published in Army Orders, with a total of 1,078 medals awarded: 428 bearing the effigy of King Edward VII and 650 with that of Ge... | 8,075 | zeroshot-train |
SS-Ehrenring [SEP] conferred by | SS-Ehrenring
The SS-Ehrenring ("SS Honour Ring"), unofficially called "Totenkopfring" ("Death's Head Ring"), was an award of Heinrich Himmler's "Schutzstaffel" (SS). It was not a state decoration, but rather a personal gift bestowed by Himmler. The SS Honour Sword and SS Honour Dagger were similar awards.
Award.
The ri... | - Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP
- SS-Ehrenring and SS-Ehrendegen
See also.
- "Das Schwarze Korps"
- SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers.
- Kurt Eggers
External links.
- Books by Gunter d’Alquen (in German)
- Gunter d'Alquen auf der Familien (in German) | 8,076 | zeroshot-train |
Senior Whitehead Prize [SEP] conferred by | Senior Whitehead Prize
The Senior Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society (LMS) is now awarded in odd numbered years in memory of John Henry Constantine Whitehead, president of the LMS between 1953 and 1955. The Prize is awarded to mathematicians normally resident in the United Kingdom on 1 January of the re... | outstanding piece of mathematical research ... published by the Society" in the eight years before the year of the award.
The Berwick Prize was known as the Junior Berwick Prize up to 1999, and was given its current name for the 2001 award.
Senior Berwick Prize winners.
Source:
Berwick Prize winners.
Source:
See also.
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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology [SEP] conferred by | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environm... | Charusita Chakravarty
Charusita Chakravarty (5 May 1964 – 29 March 2016) was an Indian academic and scientist. She was a professor of chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi since 1999. In 2009 she was conferred Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in the field of chemical science. In... | 8,078 | zeroshot-train |
Sildajazzprisen [SEP] conferred by | Sildajazzprisen
Sildajazzprisen awarded by the company Statoil to a Norwegian jazz musician or group. The award consists of a sum of money and a picture signed the year Sildajazz artist.
Statoil sildajazz Prize was first awarded in 2000.
Award Winners.
- 2000: The Brazz Brothers, from Langevåg
- 2001: Egil Kapstad, fro... | work she received "Sildajazzprisen" in 2005 and the Oslo Jazz Festival award "Ella-prisen" in 2009.
Honors.
- 2005:"Sildajazzprisen" at the Jazz Festival in Haugesund
- 2009: "Nordprofil-prisen
- 2009: "Ella-prisen at Oslo Jazzfestival
Discography.
Discography Solo albums.
- 2000: "First Song" (Hot Club Records), inclu... | 8,079 | zeroshot-train |
Sir George Stokes Award [SEP] conferred by | Sir George Stokes Award
The Sir George Stokes Award (colloquially the Stokes Medal) is named after George Gabriel Stokes and is awarded biennially by the Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry. It was established in 1999 to recognize the multidisciplinary nature of analytical chemistry and is given:
Ther... | Natural Product Chemistry Award
- Nyholm Prize for Education
- Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry
- Organic Industrial Chemistry Award
- Organic Stereochemistry Award
- Organometallic Chemistry Award
- Pedler Award
- Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
- Physical Organic Chemistry Award
- Theophilus Redwood Award
- Ch... | 8,080 | zeroshot-train |
Society of London Theatre Special Award [SEP] conferred by | Society of London Theatre Special Award
The Laurence Olivier Award for Society of London Theatre Special Award is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, r... | this pioneering Indian institute. He was also the Director of Academy of Excellence, School of Acting.
Awards.
- National Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2005) from Indian President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Azad for National Achievements in the theatre and allied arts.
- Special ROSCO (UK) award from the Chaman Lal Memorial S... | 8,081 | zeroshot-train |
Spearman Medal [SEP] conferred by | Spearman Medal
The Spearman Medal is an early-career award of the British Psychological Society's Research Board, given in recognition of outstanding published work in psychology which represents a significant body of work in terms of theoretical contributions, originality, and impact. The award was inaugurated in 1965... | Chair of the Psychology Section of the British Academy.
Recognition.
Baron-Cohen was awarded the 1990 Spearman Medal from the BPS, the McAndless Award from the American Psychological Association, the 1993 May Davidson Award for Clinical Psychology from the BPS, and the 2006 presidents' Award from the BPS. He was awarde... | 8,082 | zeroshot-train |
Spinoza Prize [SEP] conferred by | Spinoza Prize
The Spinoza Prize () is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher Baruch de Spinoza.
The prize is awarded to researchers in ... | - Abdullah, Somaya (Ph.D.) 'Multicultural social intervention and nation-building in South Africa: the role of Islamic counselling and psychotherapy.' Researcher and project leader at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.
- Damásio, António 2003. Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain, Harvest ... | 8,083 | zeroshot-train |
Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation [SEP] conferred by | Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
The Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation is a biennial award sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman "to afford recognition to outstanding contributions by individua... | funded the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation, to afford recognition to outstanding contributions in the management or preservation of the environment. The prize has been awarded every two years since 1991.
Personal life.
Qaboos is a Muslim of the Ibadi denomination, which has traditionally ruled Oman. ... | 8,084 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal [SEP] conferred by | Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
The Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal is awarded by the Genetics Society of America (GSA) for lifetime contributions to the field of genetics.
The medal is named after Thomas Hunt Morgan, the 1933 Nobel Prize winner, who received this award for his work with Drosophila and his "discoveries concerning th... | the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Ralph Randles Stewart (1911), botanist and founder of the National Herbarium, Islamabad
- Ludlow Griscom (1912), pioneer in field ornithology
- John Howard Northrop (1912), winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Calvin Bridges (1912), geneticist, protege of Thomas Hunt... | 8,085 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights [SEP] conferred by | Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights
The Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights is awarded biennially by the University of Connecticut to an individual or group who has made a significant effort to advance the cause of international justice and global human rights. The ... | the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights.
In 2008, Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire established the Senator Thomas J. Dodd Center for the Study of International Affairs and Law. The center seeks to promote understanding of the forces that drive politics and the political econom... | 8,086 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Keller Medal [SEP] conferred by | Thomas Keller Medal
The Thomas Keller Medal is given by the International Rowing Federation (FISA) for an outstanding international career in the sport of rowing. It is the highest honor in rowing and is awarded to any athlete within five years of his/her retirement from the sport. It recognizes an exceptional rowing c... | to win the Gold in the double scull (2x). At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Abbagnale repeated his gold medal performance, winning the quadruple scull (4x). A flare-up in his thrombosis forced Abbagnale to retire in 2003.
In 2006, Abbagnale was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal, given by FISA, the governing board for internat... | 8,087 | zeroshot-train |
Thomson Medal and Prize [SEP] conferred by | Institute of Physics Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize
The Thomson Medal and Prize is an award which has been made biennially in even-numbered years since 2008 by the British Institute of Physics for "distinguished research in atomic (including quantum optics) or molecular physics". It is named after Sir J. J. Thomson and... | . Vol. 25. 2nd ed. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005. Discovering Collection. Thomson Gale. University of Guelph. 25 Sep. 2007.
See also.
- José Saramago Foundation
- José Saramago Prize
External links.
- Saramago: Prophet of our Times
- José Saramago Foundation
- The Unexpected Fantasist, a portrait of José Saramago, writte... | 8,088 | zeroshot-train |
Timoshenko Medal [SEP] conferred by | Timoshenko Medal
The Timoshenko Medal is an award given annually by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to an individual
"in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics."
The Timoshenko Medal, widely regarded as the highest international award in the field of applied me... | 6 Jul – Flag of the United States
- 13 Jul – Erwin Rommel
- 20 Jul – Dmitri Shostakovich
- 27 Jul – Semyon Timoshenko
- 3 Aug – Seishirō Itagaki
- 10 Aug – General McNaughton
- 17 Aug – Robert L. Ghormley
- 24 Aug – Jawaharlal Nehru
- 31 Aug – Gerd von Rundstedt
- 7 Sep – Frank Knox
- 14 Sep – Harold Alexander
- 21 Sep... | 8,089 | zeroshot-train |
Turing Award [SEP] conferred by | Turing Award
The ACM A.M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to an individual selected for contributions "of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field". The Turing Award is generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science and the ... | Honours and awards.
- Awarded first New Zealand-India Sports Scholarship to study Graduation in Sport & Exercise at SIT, Invercargill, NZ
- Attended US Dept of State's 'Global Sports Mentoring Program' for emerging women leaders in sports in Sep-Oct 2015
- Conferred India's highest adventure honour 'Tenzing Norgay Nati... | 8,090 | zeroshot-train |
Tycho Brahe Prize [SEP] conferred by | Tycho Brahe Prize
The Tycho Brahe Prize is awarded by the European Astronomical Society. Inaugurated in 2008, the prize is awarded annually in recognition of the pioneering development or exploitation of European astronomical instrumentation, or major discoveries based largely on such instruments.
Tycho Brahe Prize la... | Bartholomäus Scultetus
Bartholomäus Scultetus (born Barthel Schulze; 14 May 1540, Görlitz – 21 June 1614, Görlitz) was a mayor of Görlitz, astronomer, cartographer and compiler of biblical chronologies. He knew Tycho Brahe and was visited by Johannes Kepler. He conferred with Rabbi Loew, the famous Prague Kabbalist. | 8,091 | zeroshot-train |
Wateler Peace Prize [SEP] conferred by | Wateler Peace Prize
The Wateler Peace Prize is awarded annually by the Dutch Carnegie Foundation and is named for J.G.D. Wateler who, upon his death on 22 July 1927 "bequeathed his estate to the Dutch State, under the proviso that the annual revenue accruing from it should be expended upon the awarding of a prize to th... | 2014 : Wateler Peace Prize
- 2011 : Laureate of the Special Jury Prize for Conflict Prevention ureate of the Special Jury Prize awarded by the Fondation Chirac
- 2008 : Four Freedoms Award
- 2006 : Hesse Peace Prize
- 2004 : Dag Hammarskjöld Medal of Honor
Honours and awards Honorary degrees.
- 2017 : University of Ott... | 8,092 | zeroshot-train |
Wilks Memorial Award [SEP] conferred by | Wilks Memorial Award
The Wilks Memorial Award is awarded by the American Statistical Association to recognize outstanding contributions to statistics. It was established in 1964 and is awarded yearly. It is named in memory of the statistician Samuel S. Wilks. The award consists of a medal, a citation and a cash honorar... | .
- Conferred Yash Bharti Award in 2016 by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for earning laurel for the state in the country as well as in the world with his talent.
- Conferred the Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan award in 2003 by Shri Ram Vilas Paswan.
- Conferred the Ustad Chand Khan award.
- Conferred Pandit Basavar... | 8,093 | zeroshot-train |
William James Fellow Award [SEP] conferred by | William James Fellow Award
The William James Fellow Award is an award of the Association for Psychological Science which "honors APS Members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology". The requirement is that "recipients must be APS members recognized internationall... | Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
Biography Oxford honors in 2001.
Professor Howard's academic accolades and experiences are numerous. He has twice been a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, in Washington, D.C. He served as president of the Virginia Academy of... | 8,094 | zeroshot-train |
Wisden Cricketers of the Year [SEP] conferred by | Wisden Cricketers of the Year
The "Wisden" Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack", based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season". The award began in 1889 with the naming of "Six Great Bowlers of the Year", and continued... | wickets in just 9 games. In 2011 he was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award by the President of India. Khan's career is also noted for recurring injuries, which often interrupted his progress at the international level. That is also the reason Zaheer has set up ProSport Fitness & Serv... | 8,095 | zeroshot-train |
Wollaston Medal [SEP] conferred by | Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), then palladium, a metal discovered by Wollaston (1846–1860). N... | in 1865 awarded their Wollaston medal. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857, and in 1870 received a Royal medal from the Royal Society. In 1882, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the University of St Andrews.
He died at Brighton on 14 October 1885, bequeathing his fine collection of recent and... | 8,096 | zeroshot-train |
XRCO Award [SEP] conferred by | XRCO Award
The XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organization annually to people working in adult entertainment and it is the only adult industry awards show reserved exclusively for industry members.
Once every calendar year, XRCO members are asked to submit their own nominations. Members do not ha... | Honours and awards.
- Awarded first New Zealand-India Sports Scholarship to study Graduation in Sport & Exercise at SIT, Invercargill, NZ
- Attended US Dept of State's 'Global Sports Mentoring Program' for emerging women leaders in sports in Sep-Oct 2015
- Conferred India's highest adventure honour 'Tenzing Norgay Nati... | 8,097 | zeroshot-train |
Abraham Greenawalt [SEP] conflict | Abraham Greenawalt
Abraham Greenawalt (1834 – October 27, 1922) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He earned the Medal of Honor for the capture of a Confederate corps headquarters flag at the Second Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864.
Abraham Greenawalt is buried in Alliance... | Greenawalt
Greenawalt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abraham Greenawalt (1834–1922), Union Army soldier
- R. Kent Greenawalt (born 1936), American civil rights lawyer and academic
- Roger Greenawalt (born 1960), American musician
See also.
- Greenawalt Building, building in Harrisburg, Pennsyl... | 8,098 | zeroshot-train |
Abu Muslim [SEP] conflict | January 748), defeating the Umayyad governor Nasr ibn Sayyar, as well as Shayban al-Khariji, a Kharijite aspirant to the caliphate. He became the de facto governor of Khorasan, and gained fame as a general in the late 740s in defeating the rebellion of Bihafarid, the leader of a syncretic Persian sect that were Mazdais... | on.
As a professor and practitioner Dr. Abu-Nimer specializes in conflict resolution and dialogue for peace among Palestinians and Jews in Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the application of conflict resolution models in Muslim communities, interreligious conflict resolution training, interfaith dialogue, and ... | 8,099 | zeroshot-train |
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