[Priestley Medal]

Name:

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804); Taggart, Walter Thomas (1872-1938); Pietz, Adam (1873-); American Chemical Society

Date:

[not before 1922]

Identifier:

P/P933.24 M

Provenance:

Copies 2-7: g. W. T. Taggart.

Subject:

Scientists

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Notes:

Adam Pietz sc.; Information on the Priestley medal from: http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=awards%5Cpriestley.html; Photograph of recto and verso of the Priestley Medal, designed by Adam Pietz. Caption on recto of medal: Joseph Priestley. Caption on verso of medal: For distinguished services to chemistry; Awarded by the American Chemical Society. 7 copies. Caption on verso of Copy 2: Proof J P Medal - 1922; I Remsen - 1st - 1923; E F S - 2nd - 1926. Caption refers to the establishment of the Medal in 1922 and the first two recipients of the award, Ira Remsen in 1923 and Edgar Fahs Smith in 1926. Copy 1 (not scanned) is a photograph of the medal hand painted to increase contrast.; Photograph of item

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)