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title: Royal Society Copley Medal
author: Teresa Stokes
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17932/royal-society-copley-medal/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2023-09-22
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# Royal Society Copley Medal
_Authored by Teresa Stokes_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17932.png)
## Image Caption
An example of a Copley Medal, the oldest medal awarded by the Royal Society for making an outstanding contribution to the field of scientific knowledge, first issued in 1731.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Stokes, T. (2023, September 22). Royal Society Copley Medal. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Stokes, Teresa. "Royal Society Copley Medal." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 22, 2023. .
### MLA
Stokes, Teresa. "Royal Society Copley Medal." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 Sep 2023, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_George_Gabriel_Stokes,_Copley_gold_medal.jpg) by [**Teresa Stokes**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_George_Gabriel_Stokes,_Copley_gold_medal.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 22 September 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.