Draft:Joseph Priestley Award

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The Joseph Priestley Award is given every year to recognize a notable living scientist whose work has benefited humanity. It is named after Joseph Priestley, the discover of oxygen and is one of several awards given in his honor.[1][2]. The award has been given out since 1952 by Dickinson College, which houses pieces of Priestley's original apparatus[3]. The Priestley Award's recipients include 16 Nobel Laureates, including Linus Pauling[4], Isador Rabi[5], Willard Libby[6], and Francis Crick[7]

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  1. ^ "Joseph Priestley". Pennsylvania Center for the Book. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "Birstall-born Joseph Priestley was father of modern chemistry". The Telegraph & Argus. 11 June 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "Joseph Priestley Award". Dickinson College. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "Linus Pauling: Awards, Honors and Medals". Oregon State University. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Physicist at Columbia Gets Priestley Award". The New York Times. 15 March 1964. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "Award Winner Libby". Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 37 (10). American Chemical Society: 104–108. 1959. doi:10.1021/cen-v037n010.p104. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "Francis Crick (1916-2004): archives". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved May 8, 2024.