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Royal Society of Edinburgh gold 'Makdougall Brisbane Prize' Medal ND PR62 Ultra Cameo NGC, Unl. 45mm. 92.02gm. By C. F. Carter. FOUNDED BY SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE BAR u T /u G.C.B. G.C.H. P.R.S.E, his portrait left. ADJUDGED FOR SCIENTIFIC MERIT TO A. ANSTRUTHER LAWSON BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, within laurel wreath. According to RSE, Professor Lawson received this award 1916-1918.
The Makdougall Brisbane Prize has been awarded bi-annually, preferably to people working in Scotland, with no more than fifteen years post-doctoral experience, for particular distinction in the promotion of scientific research and is awarded sequentially to research workers in the Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences and Biological Sciences. The prize was founded in 1855 by Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, the long-serving fourth President of the Society. Professor of Botany Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson was elected Fellow to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1910. He passed away on March 26, 1927 in Australia, a mere half a year after the new Botanical Department in Sydney University, that was designed after his own specifications, was formally opened.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh gold 'Makdougall Brisbane Prize' Medal ND PR62 Ultra Cameo NGC, Unl. 45mm. 92.02gm. By C. F. Carter. FOUNDED BY SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE BAR u T /u G.C.B. G.C.H. P.R.S.E, his portrait left. ADJUDGED FOR SCIENTIFIC MERIT TO A. ANSTRUTHER LAWSON BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, within laurel wreath. According to RSE, Professor Lawson received this award 1916-1918.
The Makdougall Brisbane Prize has been awarded bi-annually, preferably to people working in Scotland, with no more than fifteen years post-doctoral experience, for particular distinction in the promotion of scientific research and is awarded sequentially to research workers in the Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences and Biological Sciences. The prize was founded in 1855 by Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, the long-serving fourth President of the Society. Professor of Botany Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson was elected Fellow to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1910. He passed away on March 26, 1927 in Australia, a mere half a year after the new Botanical Department in Sydney University, that was designed after his own specifications, was formally opened.
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