Professor Peter Higgs Awarded Royal Commission Medal for outstanding influence on science
London, 29th March 2017 –
Professor Peter Ware Higgs CH FRS FRSE, the British physicist who
predicted the discovery of the Higgs boson particle, has been awarded
the 1851 Royal Commission Medal for his outstanding influence on
science.
The Medal was presented to Professor Higgs by Her Royal Highness The
Princess Royal, President of the Commission, at its biennial
Presidential Dinner at Armourers’ Hall on the 28th March. It is only the
third time the Medal has been awarded since its introduction in 2006.
The first was awarded to His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on the
fortieth anniversary of his Presidency. The second was presented to
Sir Alan Rudge on his retirement as Chairman after eighteen years of
service to the Commission. The Commissioners were unanimous in their
decision to award the third to Professor Higgs.
The presentation of the Commission’s Medal comes almost 65 years
after Professor Higgs was awarded a Research Fellowship from the
Commission, in 1953. The Commission’s Research Fellowships are intended
to give scientists or engineers of exceptional promise the opportunity
for early independence with the objective of contributing to the
knowledge base of UK institutions.
