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Sylvester Medal

bronze medal awarded by the Royal Society (London)
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Sylvester Medal

Summary

Sylvester Medal is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sylvester Medal is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Sylvester Medal's instance of is recorded as award[4].
  • James Joseph Sylvester is named after Sylvester Medal[5].
  • January 1, 1901 marks the founding of Sylvester Medal[6].
  • Sylvester Medal began on 1901[7].
  • Sylvester Medal's conferred by is recorded as Royal Society[8].
  • Sylvester Medal's topic has template is recorded as Q22801958[9].
  • Sylvester Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Q22338847[10].

Body

Geography

Sylvester Medal is in the country of United Kingdom[3].

Designation and Status

Sylvester Medal's instance of is recorded as award[4].

History and Context

January 1, 1901 marks the founding of Sylvester Medal[6]. James Joseph Sylvester is named after it[5].

Why It Matters

Sylvester Medal ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Alfred North Whitehead award Bertrand Russell Georg Cantor G.H. Hardy Henri Poincaré James Joseph Sylvester Jean Gaston Darboux John Edensor Littlewood John G. Thompson Klaus Roth Lennart Carleson Mary Cartwright Max Newman Timothy Gowers Tullio Levi-Civita United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Conferred by → Royal Society
    Gnd id → —
    Category for recipients of this award → Q22338847
    Encyclopædia universalis id → medaille-sylvester
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: James Joseph Sylvester.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
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