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|1904 ||{{sortname|Joseph|Swan|}}||"for his invention of the incandescent lamp, and his other inventions and improvements in the practical applications of electricity"||{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D06E3D8173AE633A2575BC2A9639C946596D6CF|title=Sir Joseph W. Swan dead.; Inventor of Incandescent Lamp and Photographic Dry Plate|work=The New York Times|date=28 May 1914|page=13|access-date=2009-02-05|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225053/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D06E3D8173AE633A2575BC2A9639C946596D6CF|url-status=live}}

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|1905 ||{{sortname|Augusto|Righi|}}||"for his experimental researches in electrical science, including electric vibrations"||{{cite journal |last1=Hall |first1=Edwin H. |date=Feb 1935 |title=Augusto Righi (1850-1920): Foreign Honorary Member in Class I, Section 2, 1912. |journal=Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |volume=69 |issue=13 |page=542 |jstor=20023099}}

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|1906 ||{{sortname|Hertha|Ayrton|}}||"for her experimental investigations on the electric arc, and also on sand ripples"||{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Larry |title=Hertha Marks Ayrton |url=https://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/ayrton.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990220085328/https://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/ayrton.htm |archive-date=20 February 1999 |access-date=17 April 2014 |website=Biographies of Women Mathematicians |publisher=Agnes Scott College}}

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|1907 ||{{sortname|Ernest Howard|Griffiths|}}||"for his contributions to exact physical measurement"||{{cite ODNB |url=http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/33582 |title=Griffiths, Ernest Howard |volume=1 |year=2004 |access-date=2009-02-05 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33582 |last1=Griffiths |first1=Ezer |first2=Isobel |last2=Falconer}}

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|1908 ||{{sortname|Eugen|Goldstein|}}||"for his discoveries on the nature of electric discharge in rarefied gasses"||{{cite book |last= Mehra |first= Jagdish |title= The Historical Development of Quantum Theory |publisher=Springer-Verlag |year= 1989 |page= 233 |isbn= 978-0-387-96284-9 }}

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|1909 ||{{sortname|Richard|Glazebrook|}}||"for his researches on electrical standards"||

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{{cite book|last= Lockyer |first= Norman |title= Nature |publisher= Macmillan Publishers |year= 1910 |page= 135 |isbn= 978-1-142-43147-1 }}

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|1910 ||{{sortname|John Ambrose|Fleming|}}||"for his researches in electricity and electrical measurements"||

{{cite journal |date=November 10, 1910 |title=Notes : The Royal Society's medals have this year been adjudicated by the president and council as follows |url=https://archive.org/details/naturelond85londuoft/page/46 |journal=Nature |volume=85 |issue=2141 |page=46 |bibcode=1910Natur..85...46. |doi=10.1038/085046a0 |doi-access=free}}

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|1911 ||{{sortname|Charles|Wilson|Charles Wilson (physicist)}}||"for his work on nuclei in dust-free air, and his work on ions in gases and atmospheric electricity"||

{{cite journal|journal=Nature|page= 184 | doi = 10.1038/088181b0 | volume=88 |issue= 2197 |title=Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society|year= 1911 |bibcode= 1911Natur..88..181. |doi-access= free }}

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|1912 ||{{sortname|William|Duddell|}}||"for his investigations in technical electricity"||

{{cite journal|journal= Nature |page= 207 |year=1917 | doi = 10.1038/100207a0 |volume=100 |issue= 2507 |title=W. Du Bois Duddell, C.B.E., F.R.S.|last1= Marchant |first1= E. W. |bibcode= 1917Natur.100..207M |doi-access= free }}

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|1913 ||{{sortname|Alexander Graham|Bell|}}||"for his share in the invention of the telephone, and more especially the construction of the telephone receiver"||{{cite magazine |last=Perrine |first=J. O. |date=January 1936 |title=1935. THE DAVID HUGHES MEDAL Awarded by the Royal Society (London) to CLINTON J. DAVISSON |magazine=Bell Telephone Quarterly |publisher=American Telephone and Telegraph Company |page= |pages=58–60 |volume=15 |issue=1 |id=Google Books [https://books.google.com/books/content?id=MNlQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59&img=1&pgis=1&dq=%22Alexander+Graham+Bell%22&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U3aqRp1uTf9unMCf4kKIla9KvptHw&edge=0 MNlQAAAAYAAJ]. HathiTrust [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x002222668&q1=Hughes&start=1 uva.x002222668]. Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/sim_bell-telephone-magazine_1936-01_15_1/page/58/mode/2up?q=%22alexander+graham+bell%22 sim_bell-telephone-magazine_1936-01_15_1]. |quote=Further recognition was given by the Royal Society of London in awarding him the David Hughes Medal. It is interesting to note that this same medal, established in 1900, was awarded to Alexander Graham Bell in 1913.}}

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|1914 ||{{sortname|John Sealy|Townsend|}}||"for his researches on electric induction in gases"||{{cite journal |date=December 4, 1914 |title=Scientific Notes and News |journal=Science |volume=40 |issue=1040 |pages=810–813 |doi=10.1126/science.40.1040.810 |jstor=1640725 |pmid=17829000 |bibcode=1914Sci....40..810. |id=Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/sim_science_1914-12-04_40/page/811?q=Townsend sim_science_1914-12-04_40]}}

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|1915 ||{{sortname|Paul|Langevin|}}||"for his important contributions to, and pre-eminent position in, electrical science"||{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Trevor I. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists |date=1969 |publisher=Wiley-Interscience / A. and C. Black |isbn=978-0-7136-0924-0 |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Trevor I. |edition= |publication-place= |page=306 |chapter=LANGEVIN, Paul |lccn=69-19757 |id=Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000will/page/306?q=langevin biographicaldict0000will] |editor-last2=Withers |editor-first2=Sonia}} Or: {{cite book |last=Williams |first=Trevor I. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists |date=1974 |publisher=Adam & Charles Black |isbn=0-7136-1511-7 |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Trevor I. |edition=2nd |publication-place=London |page=306 |chapter=LANGEVIN, Paul |id=Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_y7x3/page/306?q=langevin biographicaldict0000unse_y7x3] |editor-last2=Withers |editor-first2=Sonia}}

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|1916 ||{{sortname|Elihu|Thomson|}}||"for his researches in experimental electricity"||{{cite book |last=Woodbury |first=David Oakes |title= Elihu Thomson, Beloved Scientist, 1853-1937 |publisher= Museum of Science |page= 351 |year=1960}}

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|1917 ||{{sortname|Charles|Barkla|}}||"for his researches in connexion with X-ray radiation"||{{cite ODNB|id=30592|title=Barkla, Charles Glover|first=Isobel|last=Falconer}}

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|1918 ||{{sortname|Irving|Langmuir|}}||"for his researches in molecular physics"||{{cite book |last=Wasson |first=Tyler |title=Nobel Prize Winners |publisher=Visual Education Corporation |page=[https://archive.org/details/nobelprizewinner0000unse_k3o3/page/598 598] |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-8242-0756-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/nobelprizewinner0000unse_k3o3/page/598 }}

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|1919 ||{{sortname|Charles|Chree|}}||"for his researches in terrestrial magnetism"||{{cite journal |date=January 1929 |title=Address of the President, Sir Ernest Rutherford, O.M., at the Anniversary Meeting, November 30, 1928. |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |series=Section A.—Mathematical and Physical Sciences |volume=122 |issue=789 |pages=1–23 |jstor=95176 |quote=Charles Chree, [...] Of international reputation, the value of his work was recognised by the award to him of the Hughes Medal of the Society. |quote-pages=3-4 |last1=Rutherford |first1=Ernest }} Also: {{cite journal |last=G. C. S. |date=February 1929 |title=Obituary Notices (of Fellows deceased) : Charles Chree (with portrait), 1860–1928. |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |series=Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character |volume=122 |issue=790 |pages=vii-xiv |jstor=95173 |quote=He was awarded the James Watt medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1905 and the Hughes medal of the Royal Society in 1919. |quote-page=xiv}}

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|1920 ||{{sortname|Owen|Richardson|}}||"for his work in experimental physics, and especially thermionics"||{{cite book |title= Who Was Who in Literature|publisher= Thomson Gale |page= 955 |year=1979}}

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|1921 ||{{sortname|Niels|Bohr|}}||"for his research in theoretical physics"||{{cite book |last= Moor |first= Ruth |title= Niels Bohr: the Man, His Science, & the World They Changed |page= 427 |year=1966|publisher=MIT Press}}

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|1922 ||{{sortname|Francis William Aston|}}||"for his discovery of isotopes of a large number of the elements by the method of positive rays"||{{cite book |last= Schlessinger |first= Bernard S. |title= The Who's who of Nobel Prize Winners |url= https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofnobelpr00schl |url-access= registration |page= [https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofnobelpr00schl/page/157 157] |year=1986|publisher=Oryx Press |isbn= 978-0-89774-193-4}}

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|1923 ||{{sortname|Robert|Millikan|}}||"for his determination of the electronic charge and of other physical constants"||{{cite book |last= Moritz |first= Charles |title= Current Biography |page= [https://archive.org/details/currentbiography1974unse/page/35 35] |year= 1952 |publisher= The H. W. Wilson Company |isbn= 978-0-8242-0551-5 |url= https://archive.org/details/currentbiography1974unse/page/35 }}

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|1925 ||{{sortname|Frank Edward|Smith|}}||"for his determination of fundamental electrical units and for researches in technical electricity"||{{cite journal |last=Sherrington |first=Charles |date=January 1926 |title=Address of the President, Sir Charles Sherrington, O.M., at the Anniversary Meeting, November 30, 1925. |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |series=Section A.—Mathematical and Physical Sciences. |publisher=Royal Society Publishing |volume=110 |issue=753 |pages=1–15 |jstor=94537 |quote=The Hughes' Medal is awarded to Mr. Frank Edward Smith. Mr. F. E. Smith has been awarded the Hughes' Medal in recognition of the value of his work towards realisation of the fundamental units of electrical measurement. [...] |quote-page=15}}

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|1926 ||{{sortname|Henry|Jackson|Henry Jackson (physicist)}}||"for his pioneer work in the scientific investigations of radiotelegraphy and its application to navigation"||{{cite journal |date=3 December 1926 |title=Award of Medals by the Royal Society |department=Scientific Events |journal=Science |series=New Series |publisher=HighWire Press |volume=64 |issue=1666 |page=552 |doi=10.1126/science.64.1666.552.a |jstor=1651065}}

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|1927 ||{{sortname|William|Coolidge|William D. Coolidge}}||"for his work on the X-rays and the development of highly efficient apparatus for their production"||{{cite journal |last=Allibone |first=T. E. |date=September 1949 |title=Correspondence : Dr. W. D. Coolidge |url= |journal=The British Journal of Radiology |location=Aldermaston, Berks |volume=22 |issue=261 |page=549 |doi=10.1259/0007-1285-22-261-549-a |issn=0007-1285 |id=Oxford Academic [https://academic.oup.com/bjr/article/22/261/549/7298034 7298034]}}

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|1928 ||{{sortname|Maurice de|Broglie|}}||"for his work on X-ray spectra"||{{cite journal |date=January 4, 1929 |title=Medallists of the Royal Society : The Hughes Medal to M. Le Duc de Broglie |department=Scientific Events |journal=Science |volume=69 |issue=1775 |page=9 |jstor=1653036}}

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|1929 ||{{sortname|Hans|Geiger|}}||"for his invention and development of methods of counting alpha and beta particles"||{{cite book |last=Haven |first=Kendall F. |title= 100 Most Popular Scientists for Young Adults |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |page= 211 |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-585-22555-5}}

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|1930 ||{{sortname|Chandrasekhara V.|Raman|}}||"for his studies on the abnormal scattering of light"||{{cite book |last=Aiyasami |first=Jayaraman |title= Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman: A Memoir |publisher=Affiliated East-West Press |page= 94 |year=1989}}

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|1931 ||{{sortname|William Lawrence|Bragg|}}||"for his pioneer work on the elucidation of crystal structure by X-ray analysis"||{{cite book |last= Ekspong |first=Gösta |title= Physics: Nobel Lectures |publisher=Nobel Foundation |page= 383 |year=2002 |isbn= 978-981-02-2677-0}}

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|1932 ||{{sortname|James|Chadwick|}}||"for his researches on radioactivity"||{{cite book |last= Boorse |first= Henry Abraham |title= The Atomic Scientists: A Biographical History |publisher= Wiley |page= [https://archive.org/details/atomicscientists00boor/page/340 340] |year= 1989 |isbn= 978-0-471-50455-9 |url= https://archive.org/details/atomicscientists00boor/page/340 }}

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|1933 ||{{sortname|Edward Victor|Appleton|}}||"for his researches into the effect of the Heaviside layer upon the transmission of wireless signals"||{{cite book |last= Wasson |first= Tyler |title= Nobel Prize Winners: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary |publisher= Wiley |page= [https://archive.org/details/nobelprizewinner0000unse_k3o3/page/30 30] |year= 1987 |isbn= 978-0-8242-0756-4 |url= https://archive.org/details/nobelprizewinner0000unse_k3o3/page/30 }}

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|1934 ||{{sortname|Manne|Siegbahn|}}||"for his work as a physicist and technician on long-wave X-rays"||{{cite book |title= Physics: Nobel Lectures |last= Ekspong |first= Gösta |publisher= Nobel Foundation |page=92 |year = 2002 |isbn= 978-981-02-2677-0}}

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|1935 ||{{sortname|Clinton|Davisson|}}||"for his research that resulted in the discovery of the physical existence of electron waves through long-continued investigations on the reflection of electrons from the crystal planes of nickel and other metals"||{{cite book |title= The Historical Development of Quantum Theory |last= Mehra |first= Jagdish |publisher= Springer |page=623 |year = 2001 |isbn= 978-0-387-96284-9}}

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|1936 ||{{sortname|Walter H.|Schottky|}}||"for his discovery of the Schrot Effect in thermionic emission and his invention of the screen-grid tetrode and a superheterodyne method of receiving wireless signals"||{{cite journal |date=November 27, 1936 |title=Royal Society Medallists |journal=Science |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |volume=84 |issue=2187 |pages=480–481 |doi=10.1126/science.84.2187.480.b |jstor=1661619}}

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|1937 ||{{sortname|Ernest|Lawrence|}}||"for his work on the development of the cyclotron and its application to investigations of nuclear disintegration"||{{cite book |last= Aird |first= Robert Burns |title= Foundations of Modern Neurology: A Century of Progress |page=88 |year = 1994|publisher=Raven Press |isbn= 978-0-7817-0112-9}}

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|1938 ||{{sortname|John|Cockcroft|}} and {{sortname|Ernest|Walton|}}||"for their discovery that nuclei could be disintegrated by artificially produced bombarding particles"||{{cite book |last= Mehra |first=Jagdish |title= The Historical Development of Quantum Theory |publisher=Springer |page= 36 |year=2001 |isbn= 978-0-387-96284-9}}

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|1939 ||{{sortname|George Paget|Thomson|}}||"for his important discoveries in connexion with the diffraction of electrons by matter"||{{cite book |last= Bury |first= John P. T. |title= The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary |publisher= University of California |page=249 |year = 1952 |isbn= 978-0-85115-612-5}}

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|1940 ||{{sortname|Arthur|Compton|}}||"for his discovery of the Compton Effect; and for his work on cosmic rays"||{{cite journal |date=February 1941 |year= |editor-last=Ridenour |editor-first=L. N. |title=Honors and Awards |department=Announcements |journal=The Review of Scientific Instruments |series=New Series |publisher=American Institute of Physics |publication-place=New York, New York |volume=12 |issue=[2] |page=115}}

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|1941 ||{{sortname|Nevill|Mott|}}||"for his fertile application of the principles of quantum theory to many branches of physics, especially in the fields of nuclear and collision theory, in the theory of metals and in the theory of photographic emulsions"||{{cite book |last= Davis |first= Edward Arthur |title= Nevill Mott: Reminiscences and Appreciations |publisher= CRC Press |page=18 |year = 1998 |isbn= 978-0-7484-0790-3}}

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|1942 ||{{sortname|Enrico|Fermi|}}||"for his outstanding contributions to the knowledge of the electrical structure of matter, his work in quantum theory, and his experimental studies of the neutron"||—

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|1943 ||{{sortname|Marcus|Oliphant|}}||"for his distinguished work in nuclear physics and mastery of methods of generating and applying high potentials"||{{cite ODNB |url=http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/74397 |title=Oliphant, Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin |volume=1 |year=2004 |access-date=2009-02-06 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/74397 |last1=Bleaney |first1=Brebis}}

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|1944 ||{{sortname|George|Finch|George Finch (chemist)}}||"for his fundamental contributions to the study of the structure and properties of surfaces, and for his important work on the electrical ignition of gases"||{{cite ODNB |first=Peter |last=Osborne |url=http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/33130?docPos=2 |title=Finch, George Ingle |year=2004 |access-date=2009-02-06 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33130}}

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|1945 ||{{sortname|Basil|Schonland|}}||"for his work on atmospheric electricity and of other physical researches"||{{cite web|url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FSCHO|title=Janus: The Papers of Sir Basil Schonland|publisher=Janus|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515025327/https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/SCHO|url-status=live}}

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|1946 ||{{sortname|John|Randall|John Randall (physicist)}}||"for his distinguished researches into fluorescent materials and into the production of high frequency electro-magnetic radiation"||—

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|1947 ||{{sortname|Frédéric|Joliot-Curie|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to nuclear physics, particularly the discovery of artificial radioactivity and of neutron emission in the fission process"||{{cite web|url=http://www.bip.wur.nl/UK/education/Quantum+Page/Important+People/ |title=Wageningen UR — Wageningen University — Laboratory of Biophysics |publisher=Wageningen University |access-date=2009-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607002709/http://www.bip.wur.nl/UK/education/Quantum%2BPage/Important%2BPeople/ |archive-date=7 June 2008 }}

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|1948 ||{{sortname|Robert|Watson-Watt|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to atmospheric physics and to the development of radar"

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|1949 ||{{sortname|Cecil|Powell|}}||"for his distinguished work on the photography of particle tracks, and in connexion with the discovery of mesons and their transformation"||{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1950/powell-bio.html|title=Cecil Powell — Biography|publisher=nobelprize.org|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809030252/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1950/powell-bio.html|url-status=live}}

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|1950 ||{{sortname|Max|Born|}}||"for his contributions to theoretical physics in general and to the development of quantum mechanics in particular"||{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1954/born-bio.html|title=Max Born — Biography|publisher=nobelprize.org|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621043156/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1954/born-bio.html|url-status=live}}

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|1951 ||{{sortname|Hendrik|Kramers|}}||"for his distinguished work on the quantum theory, particularly its application to the optical and magnetic properties of matter"||—

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|1952 ||{{sortname|Philip|Dee|}}||"particularly for his distinguished studies on the disintegration of atomic nuclei, particularly those using the Wilson cloud chamber technique"||—

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|1953 ||{{sortname|Edward|Bullard|}}||"for his important contributions to the development, both theoretical and experimental, of the physics of the Earth"||{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Author/Home?author=Bullard,%20Edward,%20Sir,%201907-|title=Catalogue — National Library of Australia|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127002715/https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author-browse:%22Bullard%2C+Edward%2C+Sir%2C+1907-%22&iknowwhatimean=1|url-status=dead}}

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|1954 ||{{sortname|Martin|Ryle|}}||"for his distinguished and original experimental researches in radio astronomy"||{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-autobio.html|title=Martin Ryle — Autobiography|publisher=nobelprize.org|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107004426/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1974/ryle-autobio.html|url-status=live}}

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|1955 ||{{sortname|Harrie|Massey|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to atomic and molecular physics, particularly in regard to collisions involving the production and recombination of ions"||—

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|1956 ||{{sortname|Frederick|Lindemann|}}||"for his distinguished work in many fields: the melting point formula and theory of specific heats; ionisation of stars; meteors and temperature inversion in the stratosphere"||{{cite ODNB |first=Robert |last=Blake |url=http://oxforddnb.com/view/article/34533 |title=Lindemann, Frederick Alexander, Viscount Cherwell |year=2004 |access-date=2009-02-06 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34533}}

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|1957 ||{{sortname|Joseph|Proudman|}}||"for his distinguished work on dynamical oceanography"||{{cite web|url=http://sthweb.bu.edu/shaw/anna-howard-shaw-center/biography?view=mediawiki&article=Joseph_Proudman|title=Biography|publisher=Boston University|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190825/http://sthweb.bu.edu/shaw/anna-howard-shaw-center/biography?view=mediawiki&article=Joseph_Proudman|url-status=dead}}

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|1958 ||{{sortname|Edward|da Costa Andrade|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to many branches of classical physics"||—

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|1959 ||{{sortname|Brian|Pippard|}}||"for his distinguished contributions in the field of low temperature physics"||—

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|1960 ||{{sortname|Joseph|Pawsey|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to radio astronomy both in the study of solar and of cosmic ray emission"||—

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|1961 ||{{sortname|Alan|Cottrell|}}||"for his distinguished work on the physical properties of metals, particularly in relation to mechanical deformation and to the effects of irradiation"||{{cite journal|title= Materials and energy| doi=10.1007/BF02648691|volume=4|issue= 2|journal=Metallurgical Transactions|pages=405–410|year= 1973|last1= Cottrell|first1= Alan| bibcode=1973MT......4..405C| s2cid=136961829}}

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|1962 ||{{sortname|Brebis|Bleaney|}}||"for his distinguished studies of electrical and magnetic phenomena and their correlation with atomic and molecular properties"||{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-brebis-bleaney-426344.html|title=Professor Brebis Bleaney — Obituaries|work=The Independent|access-date=2009-02-06|location=London|date=2006-11-30|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512073116/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-brebis-bleaney-426344.html|url-status=live}}

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|1963 ||{{sortname|Frederic|Williams|Frederic Calland Williams}}||"for distinguished work on early computers"||—

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|1964 ||{{sortname|Abdus|Salam|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to quantum mechanics and the theory of fundamental particles"||{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1979/salam-cv.html|title=Abdus Salam — Curriculum|publisher=nobelprize.org|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021934/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1979/salam-cv.html|url-status=live}}

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|1965 ||{{sortname|Denys|Wilkinson|}}||"for his distinguished experimental and theoretical investigation in nuclear structure and high energy physics"||—

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|1966 ||{{sortname|Nicholas|Kemmer|}}||"for his numerous discoveries of major importance in theoretical nuclear physics which he has made"||{{cite news |last=Kemmer |first=Margaret |date=6 Nov 1998 |others="I HOPE that Tam Dalyell won't be offended if I correct a few factual errors in his obituary {24 October} of my late husband, writes Margaret Kemmer." |title=Obituary — Professor Nicholas Kemmer |url= |access-date= |work=The Independent |page=7 |edition=Final |publication-place=London, UK |issn=0951-9467 |id={{ProQuest|312781104}}}}

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|1967 ||{{sortname|Kurt|Mendelssohn|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to cryophysics, especially his discoveries in superconductivity and superfluidity"||{{Cite book |last=Mendelssohn |first=Kurt |title=The Rise and Fall of Civilizations: Modern Archaeological Approaches to Ancient Cultures: selected readings |date=1974 |publisher=Cummings Publishing Company |isbn=0-8465-6706-7 |editor-last=Sabloff |editor-first=Jeremy A. |publication-place=Menlo Park, California |pages=390–402 |chapter=A Scientist Looks at the Pyramids |lccn=73-86732 |id=Google Books [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Civilizations_Moder/7ncLAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Mendelssohn 7ncLAAAAYAAJ]. Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/risefallofcivili0000lamb/page/390?q=Mendelssohn risefallofcivili0000lamb]. |editor-last2=Lamberg-Karlovsky |editor-first2=C. C.}} Reprinted from: {{Cite magazine |last=Mendelssohn |first=Kurt |date=March–April 1971 |title=A Scientist Looks at the Pyramids: Engineering evidence connected with the building of the great pyramids suggests conclusions that go far beyond the problems of pyramid design |magazine=American Scientist |pages=210–220 |volume=59 |issue=2 |issn=0003-0996 |jstor=27829540}} (The author biography on the first page of each is the relevant part, and it is different in each, but both versions mention the Hughes Medal.)

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|1968 ||{{sortname|Freeman|Dyson|}}||"for his distinguished fundamental work in theoretical physics, and especially on quantum electrodynamics"||{{cite web|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Dyson.html|title=Dyson biography|publisher=University of St Andrews|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511032944/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Dyson.html|url-status=live}}

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|1969 ||{{sortname|Nicholas|Kurti|}}||"for his distinguished work in low-temperature physics and in thermodynamics"||{{cite web|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/prgrep43.htm |title=Progress Report 43 |publisher=University of Bath |access-date=2009-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160412/http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/prgrep43.htm |archive-date=4 June 2011 }}

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|1970 ||{{sortname|David|Bates|David Bates (physicist)}}||"for his distinguished contributions to theoretical atomic and molecular physics and its applications to atmospheric physics, plasma physics and astrophysics"||{{cite web|url=http://www.egu.eu/egs/bates.htm|title=EGS — David Bates|publisher=European Geophysical Society|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515135842/https://www.egu.eu/egs/bates.htm|url-status=live}}

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|1971 ||{{sortname|Robert Hanbury|Brown|}}||"Robert Hanbury Brown, for his distinguished work in developing a new form of stellar interfrometer{{sic}}, culminating in his observations of alpha virginis"||{{cite web|url=http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000271b.htm|title=Brown, Robert Hanbury — Bright Sparcs Biography Entry|publisher=University of Melbourne|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=19 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019132843/http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000271b.htm|url-status=live}}

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|1972 ||{{sortname|Brian David|Josephson|}}||"particularly for his discovery of the remarkable properties of junctions between superconducting materials"||{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1973/josephson-cv.html |title=Brian D Josephson — Curriculum Vitae |publisher=nobelprize.org |access-date=2009-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120193537/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1973/josephson-cv.html |archive-date=20 January 2009 }}

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|1973 ||{{sortname|Peter|Hirsch|dab=metallurgist}}||"for his distinguished contributions to the development of the electron microscope thin film technique for the study of crystal defects and its application to a very wide range of problems in materials science and metallurgy"||{{cite web|url=http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/hirsch.html|website=Oxford Materials|title=Professor Sir Peter Hirsch|publisher=University of Oxford|access-date=2009-02-06|archive-date=3 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403234532/http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/hirsch.html|url-status=live}}

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|1974 ||{{sortname|Peter|Fowler|Peter Fowler (physicist)}}||"for his outstanding contributions to cosmic ray and elementary particle physics"||{{cite web |url=http://www.iupap.org/commissions/c4/cosnews/cosnews38.html |title=Obituaries |work=CosNews |number=28 |date=Spring 1997 |publisher=International Union of Pure and Applied Physics |access-date=2009-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120044713/http://www.iupap.org/commissions/c4/cosnews/cosnews38.html |archive-date=20 November 2008 }}

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|1975 ||{{sortname|Richard|Dalitz|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to the theory of the basic particles of matter"||{{cite journal|title=Obituary: Richard Dalitz (1925–2006)|journal=Nature|volume=440|issue=7081|doi=10.1038/440162a|page=162|pmid=16525459 | last1 = Ross | first1 = G|year=2006|bibcode=2006Natur.440..162R|doi-access=free}}

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|1976 ||{{sortname|Stephen|Hawking|}}||"for his distinguished contributions to the application of general relativity to astrophysics, especially to the behaviour of highly condensed matter"||{{cite book |last= White |first= Michael |title= Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science |publisher= Joseph Henry Press |page= [https://archive.org/details/stephenhawkingli00whit_0/page/162 162] |year= 2002 |isbn= 978-0-452-26988-0 |url= https://archive.org/details/stephenhawkingli00whit_0/page/162 }}

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|1977 ||{{sortname|Antony|Hewish|}}||"for his outstanding contributions to radioastronomy, including the discovery and identification of pulsars"||{{cite book |last= Parker |first= Sybil P. |title= McGraw-Hill Modern Scientists and Engineers: A-G |publisher= McGraw-Hill Book Company |page=56 |year = 1980}}

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|1978 ||{{sortname|William|Cochran|William Cochran (physicist)}}||"for his pioneering contributions to the science of X-ray crystallography, in which his work has made a profound impact on its development and application, and for his original contributions to lattice dynamics and its relation to phase transitions, which stimulated a new and fruitful field of results"||{{cite journal|journal= Nature |page=677 |year = 1979|doi=10.1038/277677a0|volume=277|issue=5698 |title=Announcements|bibcode=1979Natur.277..677. |s2cid=216085372 }}

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|1979 ||{{sortname|Robert J. P.|Williams|Robert Williams (English chemist)}}||"for his distinguished studies of the conformations of computer molecules in solution by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance"||{{cite book |last= Sleeman |first= Elizabeth |title= The International Who's Who 2004 |publisher= Europa |page=677 |year = 2003}}

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|1980 ||{{sortname|Francis|Farley|}}||"for his ultra-precise measurements of the muon magnetic moment, a severe test of quantum electrodynamics and of the nature of the muon"||—

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|1981 ||{{sortname|Peter|Higgs|}} and {{sortname|Tom|Kibble|}}||"for their international contributions about the spontaneous breaking of fundamental symmetries in elementary-particle theory"||{{cite book |title= The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Company |page=728 |year = 2003}}

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|1982 ||{{sortname|Drummond|Matthews|}} and {{sortname|Frederick|Vine|}}||"for their elucidation of the magnetic properties of the ocean floors which subsequently led to the plate tectonic hypothesis"||{{cite journal |date=January 22, 1983 |title=Address of the President Sir Andrew Huxley at the Anniversary Meeting, 30 November 1982 / Anniversary Address by Sir Andrew Huxley, P.R.S. : Award of Medals 1982 |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London |series=Series B, Biological Sciences |volume=217 |issue=1207 |pages=117–128 |jstor=35742 |quote=The Hughes Medal is awarded to Dr D. H. Matthews, F.R.S., and Professor F. J. Vine, F.R.S., in recognition of their elucidation of the magnetic properties of the ocean floors, which subsequently led to the plate tectonic hypothesis. [...] |quote-page=120}}

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|1983 ||{{sortname|John|Ward|John Clive Ward}}||"for his highly influential and original contributions to quantum field theory, particularly the Ward identity and the Salam-Ward theory of weak interactions"||{{cite book |title=Year-book of the Royal Society of London |year=1993 |edition=97th |page=B95 |chapter=1965: WARD, Professor John Clive |id=Google Books [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Year_book_of_the_Royal_Society_of_London/lbEgAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Hughes%20(1983)%22 lbEgAQAAMAAJ]. HathiTrust [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556022288260&q1=%22Hughes+(1983)%22&start=1 ien.35556022288260].}}

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|1984 ||{{sortname|Roy|Kerr|}}||"for his distinguished work on relativity, especially for his discovery of the so-called Kerr Black Hole, which has been very influential"||{{cite journal |year=1985 |title=Personal Notes |journal=Mathematical Chronicle |publisher=Mathematical Chronicle Committee, Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland |page=118 |id=Google Books [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mathematical_Chronicle/GTK7AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Mathematical+Chronicle%22+Kerr+Hughes&dq=%22Mathematical+Chronicle%22+Kerr+Hughes&printsec=frontcover GTK7AAAAIAAJ]}}

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|1985 ||{{sortname|Tony|Skyrme|}}||"for his contributions to theoretical particle and nuclear physics, and his discovery that particle-like entities simulating the properties of baryons can occur in non-linear meson field theories"||—

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|1986 ||{{sortname|Michael|Woolfson|}}||"for the creation of algorithms including MULTAN and SAYTAN which are used world-wide to solve the majority of reported crystal structures"||—

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|1987 ||{{sortname|Michael|Pepper|}}||"for his many important experimental investigations into the fundamental properties of semiconductors especially low-dimensional systems, where he has elucidated some of their unusual properties like electron localization and the Quantum Hall effects"||—

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|1988 ||{{sortname|Archibald|Howie|}} and {{sortname|M. J.|Whelan|}}||"for their contributions to the theory of electron diffraction and microscopy, and its application to the study of lattice defects in crystals"||—

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|1989 ||{{sortname|John Stewart|Bell|}}||"for his outstanding contributions to our understanding of the structure and interpretation of quantum theory, in particular demonstrating the unique nature of its predictions"||{{cite book |last= Matthew |first= H. C. G. |title= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613970 |url-access= registration |publisher= Oxford University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613970/page/954 954] |year = 2004 |isbn= 978-0-19-280089-3}}

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|1990 ||{{sortname|Thomas George|Cowling|}}||"for his fundamental contributions to theoretical astrophysics including seminal theoretical studies of the role of electromagnetic induction in cosmic systems"||{{cite book |last= Matthew |first= H. C. G. |title= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613903 |url-access= registration |publisher= Oxford University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0198613903/page/798 798] |year = 2004 |isbn= 978-0-19-280089-3}}

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|1991 ||{{sortname|Philip|Moon|}}||"for his contributions in three main areas of science — nuclear physics, the discovery of gamma-ray resonances, and the use of colliding molecular beams to study chemical reactions"||{{cite journal |last=Harris |first=Jack |date=February 1992 |year= |title=MATERIAL PROGRESS : Other medalists |journal=Metals and Materials |publisher=Institute of Materials |volume=8 |issue=2 |page=119 |issn=0266-7185 |id=Google Books [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Metals_and_Materials/0MdaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Hughes%20Moon 0MdaAAAAYAAJ], [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Metals_and_Materials/dGpKAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Hughes%20Moon dGpKAQAAIAAJ]. HathiTrust [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000052087028&q1=Hughes+Moon&start=1 pst.000052087028], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026561863&q1=Hughes+Moon&start=1 mdp.39015026561863], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822015413875&q1=Hughes+Moon&start=1 uc1.31822015413875].}}

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|1992 ||{{sortname|Michael|Seaton|}}||"for his theoretical research in atomic physics and leadership of the Opacity Project"||{{cite book |title=Year-book of the Royal Society of London |year=1993 |edition=97th |page=B82 |chapter=1967: SEATON, Professor Michael John |id=Google Books [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Year_book_of_the_Royal_Society_of_London/lbEgAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Hughes%20(1992)%22 lbEgAQAAMAAJ]. HathiTrust [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556022288260&q1=Michael+Seaton+%22Hughes+(1992)%22&start=1 ien.35556022288260].}}

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|1993 ||{{sortname|George|Isaak|}}||"for his pioneering use of resonant scattering techniques to make extremely precise measures of Doppler velocity shifts in the solar photosphere"||{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1493956/Professor-George-Isaak.html|title=Professor George Isaak|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2009-02-07|location=London|date=2005-07-14|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514224838/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1493956/Professor-George-Isaak.html|url-status=live}}

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|1994 ||{{sortname|Robert G.|Chambers|}}||"for his many contributions to solid-state physics, in particular his ingenious and technically demanding experiment which verified the Aharonov-Bohm effect concerning the behaviour of charged particles in magnetic fields"||—

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|1995 ||{{sortname|David|Shoenberg|}}||"for his work on the electronic structure of solids, in particular by exploiting low temperature techniques, particularly the De Haas Van Alphen effect, defining the Fermi surface of many metals"||—

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|1996 ||{{sortname|Amyand|Buckingham|}}||"for his contributions to chemical physics, in particular to long-range intermolecular forces, non-linear optics, problems related to the polarizability of the helium atom, the interpretation of NMR spectra, and the applications of ab initio computations"||{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/annualreport/1996-7/h.html |title=Annual Report: Awards & Prizes |access-date=2009-02-07 |publisher=University of Cambridge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060105192852/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/annualreport/1996-7/h.html |archive-date=5 January 2006 }}

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|1997 ||{{sortname|Andrew|Lang|Andrew Lang (physicist)}}||"for his fundamental work on X-ray diffraction physics and for his developments of the techniques of X-ray topography, in particular in studying defects in crystal structures"||{{cite news |title= Professor Andrew Lang: Pioneer of X-ray diffraction physics |work= The Independent |date= 25 August 2008 }}

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|1998 ||{{sortname|Raymond|Hide|}}||"for his distinguished experimental and theoretical investigations of the hydrodynamics of rotating fluids and the application of such basic studies to the understanding of motions in the atmosphere and interiors of the major planets"||

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|1999 ||{{sortname|Alexander|Boksenberg|}}||"for his landmark discoveries concerning the nature of active galactic nuclei, the physics of the intergalactic medium and of the interstellar gas in primordial galaxies. He is noted also for his exceptional contributions to the development of astronomical instrumentation including the Image Photon Counting System, a revolutionary electronic area detector for the detection of faint sources, which gave a major impetus to optical astronomy in the United Kingdom"||{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/annualreport/1996-7/h.html |title=Annual Report: Awards & Prizes |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060105192852/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/annualreport/1996-7/h.html |archive-date=5 January 2006 }}

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|2000 ||{{sortname|Chintamani|Rao|}}||"for his contributions to the field of materials chemistry, in particular, in relation to studies of the electronic and magnetic properties of transition metal oxides and high temperature superconductors. His work has been an inspiration to a generation of Indian scientists"||{{cite news |title= Yudhoyono meets with ASC 2008 participants |agency= Antara |date= 8 June 2008 }}

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|2001 ||{{sortname|John|Pethica|}}||"for his contributions to the field of nanometre and atomic scale mechanics. He invented and developed the technique of nanoindentation thereby revolutionising the mechanical characterisation of ultra-small volumes of materials. This has had a major influence on those industries concerned with thin film and coating technologies"||{{cite news |title= Glittering prizes |work= Times Higher Education |date= 15 June 2001 }}

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|2002 ||{{sortname|Alexander|Dalgarno|}}||"for his contributions to the theory of atomic and molecular process, and in particular its application to astrophysics. His studies of energy depositions provide the key to understanding emissions from terrestrial aurorae, planetary atmospheres and comets"||—

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|2003 ||{{sortname|Peter|Edwards|Peter Edwards (chemist)}}||"for his distinguished work as a solid state chemist. He has made seminal contributions to fields including superconductivity and the behaviour of metal nanoparticles, and has greatly advanced our understanding of the phenomenology of the metal-insulator transition"||{{cite web| url = http://www.publications.bham.ac.uk/annual-review-03/honours.htm| title = Annual Review 2003| access-date = 2009-02-07| publisher = University of Birmingham| archive-date = 16 March 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090316081920/http://www.publications.bham.ac.uk/annual-review-03/honours.htm| url-status = dead}}

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|2004 ||{{sortname|John|Clarke|John Clarke (physicist)}}||"for his outstanding research, leading the world in the invention, building and development of innovative new Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUID), in their theory and in their application to a plethora of fundamental problems and their investigative tools"||—

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|2005 ||{{sortname|Keith|Moffatt|}}||"for his contributions to the understanding of magnetohydrodynamics, especially to the mechanisms determining how magnetic fields can develop from a low background level to substantial amplitude"||{{cite web| url = http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=46841| title = Cambridge professor receives top scientific honour| access-date = 2009-02-07| date = 2008-05-06| publisher = University of Cambridge| archive-date = 26 May 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526033455/http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=46841| url-status = dead}}

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|2006 ||{{sortname|Michael|Kelly|Michael Kelly (physicist)}}||"for his work in the fundamental physics of electron transport and the creation of practical electronic devices which can be deployed in advanced systems"||—

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|2007 ||{{sortname|Artur|Ekert|}}||"for his pioneering work on quantum cryptography and his many important contributions to the theory of quantum computation and other branches of quantum physics"||{{cite web| url = http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/news?page=3| title = Royal Society Hughes Medal| access-date = 2009-02-07| publisher = University of Oxford| archive-date = 9 June 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609180544/http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/news?page=3| url-status = live}}

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|2008 ||{{sortname|Michele|Dougherty|}}||"for her innovative use of magnetic field data that led to discovery of an atmosphere around one of Saturn's moons and the way it revolutionised our view of the role of planetary moons in the Solar System"||—

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|2009 ||zzzzno award|| —||—

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|2010 ||{{sortname|Andre|Geim|}}||"for his revolutionary discovery of graphene, and elucidation of its remarkable properties"||

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|2011 ||{{sortname|Matthew|Rosseinsky|}}||"for his influential discoveries in the synthetic chemistry of solid state electronic materials and novel microporous structures"||

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|2013 ||{{sortname|Henning|Sirringhaus|}}||"for his pioneering development of inkjet printing processes for organic semiconductor devices, and dramatic improvement of their functioning and efficiency"||

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|2015 ||{{sortname|George|Efstathiou|}}||"for many outstanding contributions to our understanding of the early Universe"||

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|2017 ||{{sortname|Peter|Bruce|}}||"for distinguished work elucidating the fundamental chemistry underpinning energy storage"||

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|2018 ||{{sortname|James|Durrant|James Robert Durrant}}||"for his distinguished photochemical studies for the design solar energy devices"||{{cite news |last1=Dunning |first1=Hayley |title=Royal Society medals go to three Imperial academics |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/187306/royal-society-medals-three-imperial-academics/ |access-date=8 April 2025 |publisher=Imperial College London |date=19 July 218}}

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|2019 ||{{sortname|Andrew|Cooper|Andrew Ian Cooper}}||"for the design and synthesis of new classes of organic materials with applications in energy storage, energy production and energy-efficient separations"||{{cite news |title=Professor Andy Cooper awarded Royal Society Hughes Medal |url=https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2019/07/18/professor-andy-cooper-awarded-royal-society-hughes-medal/ |access-date=8 April 2025 |publisher=University of Liverpool |date=18 July 2019}}

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|2020 ||{{sortname|Clare|Grey}}||"for her pioneering work on the development and application of new characterization methodology to develop fundamental insight into how batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells operate"||{{cite news |title=Hughes Medal recognises Grey's energy research |url=https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/hughes-medal-recognises-greys-energy-research |access-date=8 April 2025 |agency=University of Cambridge |publisher=Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |date=3 August 2020}}

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|2021 ||{{sortname|John|Irvine|John Irvine (professor)}}||"for the introduction of new concepts in Energy Materials science, including novel ionic conductors, electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells, alternative batteries and emergent nanomaterials"||{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Candice |title=Congratulations to John on winning the Royal Society Hughes Medal 2021 |url=https://jtsigroup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2021/08/24/congratulations-to-john-on-winning-the-royal-society-hughes-medal-2021/ |access-date=8 April 2025 |agency=The University of St Andrews |publisher=JTSI Group – Energy and Materials in St Andrews |date=24 August 2021}}

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|2022 ||{{sortname|Saiful|Islam|Saiful Islam (professor)}}||"for outstanding contributions to the deeper understanding of atomistic processes in new materials for use in energy applications, especially those related to lithium batteries and perovskite solar cells"||{{cite web |title=Royal Society Hughes Medal |url=https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/royal-society-hughes-medal |website=Department of Materials |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=8 April 2025}}

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|2023 ||{{sortname|Erwin|Reisner}}||"for pioneering new concepts and solar technologies for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide, biomass and plastic waste"||{{cite news |title=Hughes Medal awarded for Reisner sustainability research |url=https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/hughes-medal-awarded-reisner-sustainability-research |access-date=8 April 2025 |agency=University of Cambridge |publisher=Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry |date=31 August 2023}}

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|2024 ||{{sortname|Linda|Nazar}}||"for her seminal contributions to the field of solid-state electrochemistry, and electrochemical energy storage"||{{cite news |last1=McQuaid |first1=Katie |title=Royal Society U.K. bestows Hughes Medal on Dr. Linda Nazar |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/news/royal-society-uk-bestows-hughes-medal-dr-linda-nazar |access-date=8 April 2025 |publisher=University of Waterloo |date=28 August 2024}}

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