HONOR

The name of several awards, given variously by:

• American Philosophical Society (given since 1937)
• The Royal Society of Arts (given since 1956)
• The Franklin Institute (given since 1997)

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roger Adams	Chemist	2-Jan-1889	6-Jul-1971	Organic chemist at Illinois
William D. Coolidge	Physicist	23-Oct-1873	4-Feb-1975	Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes
T. G. Dobzhansky	Scientist	25-Jan-1900	18-Dec-1975	Genetics and the Origin of Species
William F. Durand	Engineer	5-Mar-1859	9-Aug-1958	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
John Ambrose Fleming	Engineer	29-Nov-1849	19-Apr-1945	Invented the vacuum tube
Robert H. Grubbs	Chemist	27-Feb-1942		Metathesis
Edwin Hubble	Astronomer	20-Nov-1889	28-Sep-1953	Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law
Barry J. Marshall	Doctor	30-Sep-1951		H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers
John C. Mather	Physicist	7-Aug-1946		Big Bang
Frederick C. Robbins	Scientist	25-Aug-1916	4-Aug-2003	Cultured the polio virus
Henry Norris Russell	Astronomer	25-Oct-1877	18-Feb-1957	Giant stars and dwarfs
Marjorie Scardino	Business	25-Jan-1947		CEO of Pearson
Harlow Shapley	Astronomer	2-Nov-1885	20-Oct-1972	Organizer of Heaven
Phillip A. Sharp	Biologist	6-Jun-1944		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Elihu Thomson	Inventor	29-Mar-1853	13-Mar-1937	Electric welding and A/C motors

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