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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 168

The Scientifically Important Gold Hanbury Medal to Dr. H. King, C.B.E., F.R.S.
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Hanbury Medal 1875, gold (90.86g), 58mm diameter, the reverse embossed 'Harold King 1941', extremely fine, rare, in case of issue

Hanbury Medallist of the Pharmaceutical Society Nature 24.5.1941
'At the May meeting of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society the secretary reported that the adjudicators of the Hanbury Medal have decided to make the award to Dr. Harold King, F.R.S., of the National Institute for Medical Research. Dr. King, has been engaged in research on drugs since 1913, and apart from important work on synthetic arsenical preparations, has made outstanding contributions to the chemistry of alkaloids and sterols. Of his work on alkaloids special mention may be made of that on the constitution of hyoscine, the stereochemistry of the cinchona alkaloids and the exhaustive investigation of the sources, nature and constitution of the alkaloids present in the various kinds of curare and in the plants known or surmised to be used in the preparation of that drug. In 1932, in association with Rosenheim, Dr. King suggested a new structure for the cholarie ring system which is now generally accepted as a basis for the representation of a number of physiologically active substances, such as the oestrogenic hormones, carcinogenic hydrocarbons and cardiac glucosides. The Hanbury Medal, a memorial to Daniel Hanbury, who died in 1875, is awarded periodically for “high excellence in the prosecution or promotion of original research in the natural history and chemistry of drugs”. The adjudication committee comprises the presidents for the time being of the Chemical, Linnean and Pharmaceutical Societies, the chairman of the British Pharmaceutical Conference and one pharmaceutical chemist.'

The Hanbury Medal for Original Research in the Natural History and Chemistry of Drugs has been awarded since 1881. It is awarded biennially in gold (British Commemorative Medals and Their Values, C.Eimer refers)

The Hanbury Gold Medal awarded to Dr Frederick Sanger, O.M., C.H., C.B.E., F.R.S. was sold together with his Medals and Certificates, Bonhams, 19.11.2015, Lot 696.

Testing has confirmed the medal is struck in 9ct gold.

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