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Glazebrook Medal and Prize

Institute of Physics

Description

The Council of the Institute of Physics and The Physical Society instituted the Glazebrook Medal and Prize in 1965. The first award was made in 1966. The medal was to be named after a physicist who was interested in applying physics. Council selected the name of Glazebrook from the several suggested. He was the first Director of the National Physical Laboratory and was also responsible for the foundation of the Aeronautical Research Council. He was the first President of the Institute of Physics and will also be remembered as the Editor of the Dictionary of Applied Physics. In 1992 the Council decided that the Glazebrook Medal and Prize should become one of its Premier Awards.

The award will be made annually for outstanding contributions to the organization, use or application of physics in an industrial, commercial, educational or National Laboratory environment. The medal will be silver gilt and will be accompanied by a prize of £1000 and a certificate. The medallist may be invited to give a lecture at an appropriate conference in the year in which the award is made.

Recipients

Medallist for 2005: Peter Williams
The Engineering and Technology Board