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The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia. [1] The Franklin Institute awards comprises the Benjamin Franklin Medals in seven areas of science and engineering, the Bower Awards and Prize for Achievement in Science ...
The Franklin Medal was a science award presented from 1915 until 1997 by the Franklin Institute located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.It was founded in 1914 by innovator Samuel Insull, and it was the most prestigious of the various awards presented by the Franklin Institute. [1]
The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute. The award was established by Elliott Cresson , life member of the Franklin Institute, with $1,000 granted in 1848. [ 1 ]
The Franklin Institute is a science museum and a center of science education and research in ... Before 1998 several medals were awarded by the Franklin Institute, ...
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 in the physical sciences" or "new and important ...
Category for lists of winners of medals and awards presented by the Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania, USA. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Elliott Cresson (March 2, 1796 – February 20, 1854) was an American philanthropist who gave money to a number of causes after a brief career in the mercantile business.He established the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1848, and helped found and manage the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, today's Moore College of Art and Design.
The is a category of the Benjamin Franklin Medal laureates. Please populate this category only with sub-categories. If you don't know in which field a laureate won their medal, refer to the Laureate Database Search Form.