Title:

Copley Medal certificate

Creator:

The Royal Society of London

Date:

30 November 1945

Description:

In 1945, the Royal Society of London presented the Copley Medal to Avery "in recognition of his success in introducing chemical methods in the study of immunity against infective diseases." Less than eighteen months after being elected to the Royal Society, Avery was presented with this prestigious award.

Original Repository:

Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Certificates
Awards

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

List of Proposed Foreign Members [to the Royal Society] 1944: Oswald Theodore Avery (b. 1877), 1944
Letter from Colin M. MacLeod, Mary MacLeod to Oswald T. Avery, 1944
Letter from Percival Hartley to Henry Dale, 1944
Address of the President: Sir Henry Dale, O.M., G.B.E., at the Anniversary Meeting, 30 November 1945, 1946
Oswald T. Avery and the Copley Medal of the Royal Society, 1996

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers. 361

Legacy ID:

CCBDBM

NLM ID:

101584575X523

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X523

Story Section:

After the Discovery: The Transforming Principle's Reception by the Scientific Community