The medal was sold at auction for $128,000
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Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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culture · British Nobel laureate and chemist (1897–1967) · painter · chemist · physical chemist · also Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Cyril N. Hinshelwood, Sir Hinshelwood, Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Cyril Hinshelwood, C. N. H.
Born 19 June 1897 · Died 9 October 1967 · Q48986
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1968· 1 entry
His Nobel Prize medal was sold by his estate to a collector, who then sold it in 1976 for $15,000
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1967· 1 entry
Died 1967-10-09.
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1966· 1 entry
Won Dalton Medal (1966).
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1962· 1 entry
Won Copley Medal (1962).
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1960· 1 entry
Won Leverhulme Medal (1960).
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1956· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1956).
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For his researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Royal Society (1955–1960).
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded Faraday Lectureship Prize (1953).
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1951· 1 entry
Published The Structure of Physical Chemistry
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1948· 2 entries
Awarded Longstaff Prize (1948).
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And appointed to the Order of Merit in 1960
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1947· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1947).
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1946· 2 entries
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1946).
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Followed by Growth, Function and Regulation in Bacterial Cells in 1966
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1942· 1 entry
Won Davy Medal (1942).
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1939· 1 entry
Awarded Liversidge Award (1939).
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1935· 1 entry
Won Lavoisier Medal (1935).
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1929· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1929).
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1923· 1 entry
Won Meldola Medal and Prize (1923).
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1905· 1 entry
On the death of his father to a flat in Chelsea where he lived for the rest of his life
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1897· 1 entry
Born 1897-06-19.
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