why is the latter medal awarded?
For outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science
Copley Medal
The Copley Medal is an award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science".
what was the brown dog affair? It was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in England from 1903 until 1910. was there a trail involved? Yes - The trial opened at the Old Bailey (Royal Courts of Justice) on 11 November 1903 why did the controversy start? William Bayliss at University College London performed an illegal vivisection on a brown terrier dog before 60 medical students while the dog was conscious and struggling what was the verdict of the trial? William Bayliss had been defamed who was he? An English physiologist. did he receive any awards? Yes - Fellow of the Royal Society's Royal Medal in 1911 and their Copley Medal in 1919.
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Copley Medal [SEP] Introduction
The Copley Medal is an award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science". It alternates between the physical and the biological sciences. Given every year, the medal is the oldest Royal Society medal awarded and the oldest surviving scientific award in the world, having first been given in 1731 to Stephen Gray, for "his new Electrical Experiments: – as an encouragement to him for the readiness he has always shown in obliging the Society with his discoveries and improvements in this part of Natural Knowledge".