The Sylvester Medal is a bronze medal awarded every three years by the Royal Society for the encouragement of mathematical research. The Royal Society of London is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence. ...
Instituted in 1901, it will next be awarded in 2006. 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The medal is named after James Joseph Sylvester, Savilian professor of geometry, Oxford, in the 1880s. James Joseph Sylvester James Joseph Sylvester (September 3, 1814 - March 15, 1897) was an English mathematician and lawyer. ... The Savilian Chair of Geometry is the position of professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford in England. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
Winners of the SylvesterMedal of the Royal Society of London
Soon after the death of Professor J J Sylvester, F.R.S., in 1897, a number of his friends considered the advisability of funding some suitable honour of his name and life-work.
A bronze medal accompanied by a grant of the balance of the SylvesterMedal Fund, is accordingly awarded triennially for the Encouragement of Mathematical Research.
Sylvester was born on September 3, 1814 in London, the son of Abraham Joseph.
Sylvester had resigned from Woolwich in 1870 and was busily engaged in his mathematical work, but he could not resist an invitation from the eminent American physicist Joseph Henry to come to the newlyfounded Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Sylvester died on March 15, 1897 and was buried at the Jewish Cemetery at Ball's Pond, London.
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