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Hector Medal

scientific award for outstanding work in chemical, physical or mathematical and information sciences by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually
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Summary

Hector Medal is a science award[1]. It draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (science_award category, ranking #75 of 652).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hector Medal is in the country of New Zealand[3].
  • Hector Medal's instance of is recorded as science award[4].
  • James Hector is named after Hector Medal[5].
  • Hector Medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05zkw_v[6].
  • Hector Medal's conferred by is recorded as Royal Society Te Apārangi[7].
  • Hector Medal's topic has template is recorded as Template:Recipients of the Hector Memorial Medal[8].
  • Hector Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Recipients of the Hector medal[9].

Why It Matters

Hector Medal draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (science_award category, ranking #75 of 652).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Ernest Rutherford Ian H. Witten John C. Butcher New Zealand Rod Downey science award

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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