Benjamin Franklin Medal (American Philosophical Society)

For other uses of "Benjamin Franklin Medal", see Benjamin Franklin Medal (disambiguation).

Benjamin Franklin, after whom this medal is named. A portrait made by Joseph Duplessis (ca. 1785).

The Benjamin Franklin Medal presented by the American Philosophical Society located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., also called Benjamin Franklin Bicentennial Medal, is awarded since 1906. The originally called "Philosophical Society" was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin. The award was created to remember the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Franklin.^[1]^[2]^[3] The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has this medal in his collection.^[4]

The medal was created by the brothers Augustus and Louis St. Gaudens.^[3]^[5]

Recipients

The Benjamin Franklin Medal

Recipients received this award under different names for different reasons:^[1]

The first medal was given to the Republic of France in 1906.^[3]
1921: Franklin Medal to Marie Curie.^[6]

Benjamin Franklin Medal

Awarded for notable services to the American Philosophical Society, between 1937 and 1983.^[7]

Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities or Sciences

Awarded between 1985 and 1991.^[8]

Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences

Awarded since 1993.^[9]

2006: Eric R. Kandel
2005: Hans A. Bethe
2004: Steven Weinberg
2003: Janet D. Rowley
2002: Joshua Lederberg
2001: Francis H. C. Crick and James D. Watson
2001: Alexander G. Bearn
2000: William O. Baker
1999: Frederick C. Robbins
1999: Philip A. Sharp
1998: Edward O. Wilson
1997: Herman H. Goldstine
1996: Victor A. McKusick
1995: Ernst Mayr
1993: Ruth Patrick
1993: Barbara McClintock
1993: C.N. Yang
1993: Michael Atiyah
1993: Emily Hartshorne Mudd

Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Public Service

Awarded since 1987.^[5]

References

1 2 "Benjamin Franklin Medal". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
↑ David Brand (March 17, 2005). "Rhodes awards Franklin medal to Bethe on 'a bittersweet day'". Cornell Chronicle (Cornell University). Retrieved November 25, 2011.
1 2 3 "The Benj. Fauver Collections - Auction Seventy Five". Maine Antique Digest. Retrieved November 25, 2011. Look for the entry "398. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BICENTENNIAL MEDAL, 1906".
↑ "Benjamin Franklin Bicentennial Medal". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
1 2 "Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Public Service Recipients". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ "Minutes". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (American Philosophical Society) 60 (4): p.xxii. 1921. JSTOR 984523.
↑ "Benjamin Franklin Medal Recipients 1937-1983". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ "Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distintinguished Achievement in the Humanities or Sciences Recipients 1985-1991". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ "Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences Recipients". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved November 26, 2011.

Benjamin Franklin

January 6, 1706 – April 17, 1790 President of Pennsylvania (1785–1788), Ambassador to France (1779–1785) Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)

Founding of the United States	'Join, or Die' (1754 political cartoon) Albany Plan of Union Albany Congress Hutchinson Letters Affair Committee of Secret Correspondence Committee of Five Declaration of Independence Model Treaty Franco-American alliance Treaty of Amity and Commerce Treaty of Alliance Staten Island Peace Conference Treaty of Paris, 1783 Delegate, 1787 Constitutional Convention Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly Postmaster General Founding Fathers

Inventions, other events	Franklin's electrostatic machine Bifocals Franklin stove Glass armonica Gulf Stream exploration, naming, and chart Lightning rod Kite experiment Pay it forward Associators 111th Infantry Regiment Junto club American Philosophical Society Library Company of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hospital The Academy and College of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Contributionship Union Fire Company Early American currency United States Postal Service President, Pennsylvania Abolition Society Master, Les Neuf Sœurs Other social contributions and studies Gravesite

Writings	Silence Dogood letters (1722) A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725) Pennsylvania Gazette (1729–1790) Poor Richard's Almanack (1732–1758) "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" (1745) "The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747) Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (1751) Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751) Birch letters (1755) The Way to Wealth (1758) Pennsylvania Chronicle (1767) Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773) Proposed alliance with the Iroquois (1775) A Letter To A Royal Academy (1781) Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America (1784) The Morals of Chess (1786) An Address to the Public (1789) A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771–90, pub. 1791) Bagatelles and Satires (pub. 1845) Franklin as a journalist

Legacy	Franklin Court Benjamin Franklin House Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Franklin Institute Benjamin Franklin Medal Depicted in The Apotheosis of Washington Benjamin Franklin statue, Washington D.C. In popular culture Ben and Me (1953 short) Ben Franklin in Paris (1964 musical play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) Benjamin Franklin (1974 miniseries) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) Benjamin Franklin (2002 documentary series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) Sons of Ben (supporters group for the Philadelphia Union soccer club Franklin half dollar One-hundred dollar bill Washington-Franklin stamps other stamps Cities, counties, schools named for Franklin Franklin Field State of Franklin Ships named USS Franklin Ben Franklin effect

Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment The New-England Courant The American Museum magazine American Revolution patriots Syng inkstand

Family	Deborah Read (wife) Sarah Franklin Bache (daughter) Francis Franklin (son) William Franklin (son) Richard Bache Jr. (grandson) Benjamin F. Bache (grandson) Louis F. Bache (grandson) William Franklin (grandson) Andrew Harwood (great-grandson) Alexander Bache (great-grandson) Josiah Franklin (father) Jane Mecom (sister) James Franklin (brother) Mary Morrill (grandmother) Peter Foulger (grandfather) Richard Bache (son-in-law) Ann Smith Franklin (sister-in-law)

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