page_title: Keith Medal
hierarchical_section_title: Keith Medal
caption_attribution_description: English: Lord Kelvin's Keith medal in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
context_page_description: The Keith Medal was a prize awarded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy, for a scientific paper published in the society's scientific journals, preference being given to a paper containing a discovery, either in mathematics or earth sciences.
  The Medal was inaugurated in 1827 as a result of a gift from Alexander Keith of Dunnottar, the first Treasurer of the Society. It was awarded quadrennially, alternately for a paper published in: Proceedings A or Transactions. The medal bears the head of John Napier of Merchiston.
  The medal is no longer awarded.
context_section_description: The Keith Medal was a prize awarded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy, for a scientific paper published in the society's scientific journals, preference being given to a paper containing a discovery, either in mathematics or earth sciences.
  The Medal was inaugurated in 1827 as a result of a gift from Alexander Keith of Dunnottar, the first Treasurer of the Society. It was awarded quadrennially, alternately for a paper published in: Proceedings A (Mathematics) or Transactions (Earth and Environmental Sciences). The medal bears the head of John Napier of Merchiston.
  The medal is no longer awarded.
caption: Lord Kelvin's Keith medal in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
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