Hodgkins Medal
ID: SIA2011-2386 or SA-682
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1920
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder: Hodgkins Medal
Usage Conditions Apply
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Front and back view of the Hodgkins Medal, awarded in honor of Thomas George Hodgkins, 1803-1892, who bequeathed an iniatial amount of $200,000, the income from a part of which was to be devoted "to the increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge in regard to the nature and properties of atmospheric air in connection with the welfare of man" to the Smithsonian in 1891. The Hodgkins Medal and Fund were established in 1893 in memory of Hodgkins who willed his fortune to the Smithsonian and stipulated that a portion be used to promote atmospheric research - research carried out today by the National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The medal is awarded annually or biennially for 'important contributions to knowledge of the physical environment bearing upon the welfare of man.'
Subject
- Hodgkins, Thomas George
- Hodgkins Fund and Medal
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
For more information see the SIA Research file under 'Smithsonian Medals.'
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder: Hodgkins Medal
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1920
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown
Topic
- Benefactors
- Awards
- Donors
- Atmosphere
- Rewards (Prizes, etc.)
- Philanthropists
- Ecology
- Gifts
- Medals
- Environmental research
- Atmosphere--Research
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Object
ID Number
SIA2011-2386 or SA-682
Physical description
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 9w x 5.25h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Photographic print