Awards & Winners

1872 Copley Medal

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Copley Medal

Friedrich Wöhler

(For his numerous contributions to the science of chemistry, and more especially for his researches on the products of the decomposition of cyanogens by ammonia; on the derivatives of uric acid; on the benzoyl series; on boron, silicon, & their compounds; and on meteoric stones.)