Holweck Prize
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The Holweck Prize is a major European prize for Physics awarded jointly every year by the British Institute of Physics
(IOP) and the Société Française de Physique (SFP). It is one of the four Grand Prix of the SFP and one of the four International Bilateral Awards of the IOP, consisting of a gold medal and a cash prize. The prize was established in 1945 as a memorial to Fernand Holweck
and other French physicists who were persecuted or killed by the Nazis during the German occupation of France during World War II, from 1940 to 1945. It is awarded for distinguished work in experimental physics (which reflects Holweck's scientific interest) or in theoretical physics which is closely related to experimentation. The Holweck Prize is awarded every year, alternately to a French Physicist and a British or Irish physicist. In 1974 two awards were made to mark the centenaries of the two societies. Holweck Laureates include several Nobel Prize
winners.
Institute of Physics
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(IOP) and the Société Française de Physique (SFP). It is one of the four Grand Prix of the SFP and one of the four International Bilateral Awards of the IOP, consisting of a gold medal and a cash prize. The prize was established in 1945 as a memorial to Fernand Holweck
Fernand Holweck
Fernand Holweck was a French physicist who made important contributions in the fields of vacuum technology, electromagnetic radiation and gravitation...
and other French physicists who were persecuted or killed by the Nazis during the German occupation of France during World War II, from 1940 to 1945. It is awarded for distinguished work in experimental physics (which reflects Holweck's scientific interest) or in theoretical physics which is closely related to experimentation. The Holweck Prize is awarded every year, alternately to a French Physicist and a British or Irish physicist. In 1974 two awards were made to mark the centenaries of the two societies. Holweck Laureates include several Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winners.
Recipients
- 1946 Charles SadronCharles SadronCharles Sadron , is a French physicist specialized in the study of biological macromolecules.- Biography :Charles Sadron was professor at the university of Strasbourg...
- 1947 Edward Neville da Costa Andrade
- 1948 Yves RocardYves RocardYves-André Rocard was a French physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb for France.After obtaining a double doctorate in mathematics and physics he was awarded the professorship in electronic physics at the École normale supérieure in Paris.As a member of a Resistance group during the Second...
- 1949 Leslie Fleetwood Bates
- 1950 Pierre Jacquinot
- 1951 Thomas Ralph MertonThomas Ralph MertonSir Thomas Ralph Merton KBE, DSc, FRS was an English physicist, inventor and art collector. He is particularly noted for his work on spectroscopy and diffraction gratings.-Early life and education:...
- 1952 Louis Néel
- 1953 John Ashworth Ratcliffe
- 1954 Alfred KastlerAlfred KastlerAlfred Kastler was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.Kastler was born in Guebwiller and later attended the Lycée Bartholdi in Colmar, Alsace, and École Normale Supérieure in Paris in 1921...
- 1955 Nicholas KurtiNicholas KurtiProfessor Nicholas Kurti FRS was a Hungarian-born physicist who lived in Oxford, UK, for most of his life. In his era, he was one of the leading experimental physicists....
- 1956 Jean Paul Mathieu
- 1957 Denys Haigh Wilkinson
- 1958 Anatole AbragamAnatole AbragamAnatole Abragam was a French physicist who wrote The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and has made significant contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. Originally from Russia, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925.After being educated at the University of Paris, , he...
- 1959 Robert Hanbury BrownRobert Hanbury BrownRobert Hanbury Brown, AC FRS was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He made notable contributions to the development of radar and he later conducted pioneering work in the field of radio astronomy...
- 1960 Jean Brossel
- 1961 Alfred Brian Pippard
- 1962 Jean-François Denisse
- 1963 Frederick Charles FrankFrederick Charles FrankSir Frederick Charles Frank FRS was a British theoretical physicist.He was born in Durban, South Africa, although his parents returned to England soon afterwards...
- 1964 Jacques Friedel
- 1965 Martin RyleMartin RyleSir Martin Ryle was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources...
- 1966 Raymond Castaing
- 1967 Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn
- 1968 Pierre-Gilles de GennesPierre-Gilles de GennesPierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.-Biography:...
- 1969 Alan Howard Cottrell
- 1970 Pierre Connes
- 1971 Dennis GaborDennis GaborDennis Gabor CBE, FRS was a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and inventor, most notable for inventing holography, for which he later received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics....
- 1972 Lionel Solomon
- 1973 Brian David JosephsonBrian David JosephsonBrian David Josephson, FRS is a Welsh physicist. He became a Nobel Prize laureate in 1973 for the prediction of the eponymous Josephson effect....
- 1974 Philippe NozièresPhilippe NozieresPhilippe Nozières is a French physicist working at Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France.- Academic career :Nozières studied at École Normale Supérieure in Paris and conducted research at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He has served as a professor at the University of Paris...
and Antony HewishAntony HewishAntony Hewish FRS is a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for his work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars... - 1975 Evry SchatzmanÉvry SchatzmanEvry Léon Schatzman was a French astrophysicist.His father, Benjamin Schatzman, was a dentist born in Tulcea, Romania and emigrated at a young age with his family in Palestine. Schatzman began his studies at the École Normale Supérieure in November 1939...
- 1976 Harry Elliot
- 1977 Maurice GoldmanMaurice GoldmanMaurice Goldman is an internationally known composer and conductor. Goldman’s compositions and arrangements are largely in the areas of Yiddish and Hebraic music...
- 1978 William Frank Vinen
- 1979 André Blandin
- 1980 David James Thouless
- 1981 René Turlay
- 1982 Raymond HideRaymond HideRaymond Hide CBE FRS is a British physicist, who was formerly Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. Since 2000, he has been Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College, London.-Life:...
- 1983 Gerard Toulouse
- 1984 Brebis BleaneyBrebis BleaneyBrebis Bleaney CBE FRS was a British physicist. His main area of research was the use of microwave techniques to study the magnetic properties of solids. He was head of the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford from 1957 to 1977...
- 1985 Denis Jérome
- 1986 Gareth Gwyn Roberts
- 1988 Peter HirschPeter HirschSir Peter Bernhard Hirsch FRS is a leading figure in British materials science who has made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals....
- 1989 Eric Varoquaux
- 1990 Roger CowleyRoger CowleyRoger Arthur Cowley, FRS, FRSE, FInstPhys is an English physicist who has specialised in the excitations of solids. He obtained a B.A. in physics from Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge in 1960 and a Ph.D. in 1963...
- 1991 Alain AspectAlain AspectAlain Aspect is a French physicist noted for his experimental work on quantum entanglement....
- 1992 Donald Hill PerkinsDonald Hill PerkinsDonald Hill Perkins is a British physicist and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford. He achieved great success in the field of particle physics and is also known for his books....
- 1993 David RuelleDavid RuelleDavid Pierre Ruelle is a Belgian-French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems. With Floris Takens he coined the term strange attractor, and founded a new theory of turbulence...
- 1994 Lawrence John Challis
- 1995 Pierre Léna
- 1996 John Wickham Steeds
- 1997 Jean-Pierre Briand
- 1998 William Gelletly
- 1999 Oriol Bohigas
- 2000 Frank Henry Read
- 2001 Pierre Coullet
- 2002 John Bernard Pethica
- 2003 Catherine BrechignacCatherine BréchignacCatherine Bréchignac is a French physicist. She is an Officer of the Légion d'honneur, President of the International Council for Science and former president of the CNRS , Europe's largest scientific body...
- 2004 Adrian F G WyattAdrian WyattAdrian Frederick George Wyatt, FRS is a British physicist, and Emeritus Professor at University of Exeter.He is a member of the Quantum Systems and Nanomaterials group.He won the 2004 Holweck Prize of the Institute of Physics.-External links:...
- 2005 Philippe Monod
- 2006 Julia HigginsJulia HigginsDame Julia Stretton Higgins, DBE, FRS, FREng is Professor of Polymer Science in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology at Imperial College London...
- 2007 Jean-Pierre Hulin
- 2008 Denis WeaireDenis WeaireDenis Lawrence Weaire is an Irish physicist, who is an emeritus professor of Trinity College Dublin.Educated at the Belfast Royal Academy and Clare College, Cambridge, he has since held positions at the universities of California, Chicago, Harvard and Yale, ultimately holding professorships at...
- 2009 Christian Colliex
- 2010 Steven T Bramwell
External links
- The Holweck medal and prize, Institute of Physics.
- List of Medal Recipients, Institute of Physics.