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Wollaston Medal

award of the Geological Society of London
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Wollaston Medal
Francis Legatt Chantrey (1781-1841), William Wyon (1795-1851) 1831 год · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Wollaston Medal

Summary

Wollaston Medal is a geology award[1]. It draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (geology_award category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wollaston Medal is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Wollaston Medal's image is recorded as Медаль Волластона.jpg[4].
  • Wollaston Medal's instance of is recorded as geology award[5].
  • Wollaston Medal's instance of is recorded as medallion[6].
  • William Hyde Wollaston is named after Wollaston Medal[7].
  • Wollaston Medal's Commons category is recorded as Wollaston Medal[8].
  • Wollaston Medal's review score is recorded as 0.66[9].
  • +1831-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wollaston Medal[10].
  • Wollaston Medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vvsf[11].
  • Wollaston Medal's sponsor is recorded as Geological Society of London[12].
  • Wollaston Medal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wollaston Medal[13].
  • Wollaston Medal's conferred by is recorded as Geological Society of London[14].
  • Wollaston Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Wollaston Medal winners[15].
  • Wollaston Medal's icon is recorded as Медаль Волластона (аверс).jpg[16].

Why It Matters

Wollaston Medal draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (geology_award category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

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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] ↑ . IREG List of Academic Awards. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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