科普利獎章
歷屆得主 > 1851-1900

| 年份 | 获奖者 | 肖像 | 获奖理由 | 注 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1851年 | 理查·欧文 |  | "On account of his important discoveries in comparative anatomy & palaeontology, contained in the Philosophical Transactions and numerous other works" |  |
| 1852年 | 亚历山大·冯·洪堡 |  | "For his eminent services in terrestrial physics, during a series of years" |  |
| 1853年 | 海因里希·威廉·多费（英语：） |  | "For his work on the distribution of heat over the surface of the Earth" | — |
| 1854年 | 约翰内斯·彼得·缪勒 |  | "For his important contributions to different branches of physiology and comparative anatomy, and particularly for his researches on the embryology of the Echinodermata, contained in a series of memoirs published in the Transactions of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin" |  |
| 1855年 | 莱昂·傅科 |  | "For his various researches in experimental physics" |  |
| 1856年 | 亨利·米尔恩-爱德华兹（英语：） |  | "For his researches in comparative anatomy and zoology" | — |
| 1857年 | 米歇尔·欧仁·谢弗勒尔 |  | "For his researches in organic chemistry, particularly on the composition of the fats, and for his researches on the contrast of coulours" |  |
| 1858年 | 查尔斯·莱尔 |  | "For his various researches and writings by which he has contributed to the advance of geology" |  |
| 1859年 | 威廉·韦伯 |  | "For the investigations contained in his Maasbestimmungen and other researches in electricity, magnetism, acoustics" |  |
| 1860年 | 罗伯特·威廉·本生 |  | "For his researches on cacodyls, gaseous analysis, the Voltaire phenomena of Iceland; and other researches" |  |
| 1861年 | 路易斯·阿加西 |  | "For his eminent researches in palaeontology and other branches of science, and particularly for his great works the Poissons Fossiles, and his Poissons du Vieux Gres Rouge dEcosse" |  |
| 1862年 | 托马斯·格雷姆 |  | "For three memoirs of the diffusion of liquids, published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1850 and 1851; for a memoir on osmotic force in the Philosophical Transactions for 1854; and particularly for a paper on liquid diffusion applied to analysis, including a distinction of compounds into colloids & crystalloids published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1861" |  |
| 1863年 | 亚当·塞奇威克 |  | "For his original observations and discoveries in the geology of the Palaeozoic Series of rocks, and more especially for his determination of the characters of the Devonian System, by observations of the order of superposition of the Killas rocks & their fossils in Devonshire"  因其在古生代岩石系地质学方面的原始观察和发现，尤其是通过观察德文郡基拉斯岩石及其化石的叠加顺序，确定了泥盆纪系统的特征 |  |
| 1864年 | 查爾斯·達爾文 |  | "For his important researches in geology, zoology, and botanical physiology"  因其在地质学、动物学和植物生理学方面的重要研究 |  |
| 1865年 | 米歇尔·沙勒 |  | "For his historical and original researches in pure geometry" |  |
| 1866年 | 尤利乌斯·普吕克 |  | "For his researches in analytical geometry, magnetism, & spectral analysis" |  |
| 1867年 | 卡尔·恩斯特·冯·贝尔 |  | "For his discoveries in embryology and comparative anatomy, and for his contributions to the philosophy of zoology" |  |
| 1868年 | 查尔斯·惠斯通 |  | "For his researches in acoustics, optics, electricity and magnetism" |  |
| 1869年 | 亨利·维克托·勒尼奥 |  | "For the second volume of his Relation des Experiences pour determiner les lois et les donnees physiques necessaries au calcul des machines a feu, including his elaborate investigations on the specific heat of gases and vapours, and various papers on the elastic force of vapours" |  |
| 1870年 | 詹姆斯·焦耳 |  | "For his experimental researches on the dynamical theory of heat" |  |
| 1871年 | 尤利乌斯·罗伯特·冯·迈尔 |  | "For his researches on the mechanics of heat; including essays on: – 1. The force of inorganic nature. 2. Organic motion in connection with nutrition. 3. Fever. 4. Celestial dynamics. 5. The mechanical equivalent of heat" |  |
| 1872年 | 弗里德里希·维勒 |  | "For his numerous contributions to the science of chemistry, and more especially for his researches on the products of the decomposition of cyanogens by ammonia; on the derivatives of uric acid; on the benzoyl series; on boron, silicon, & their compounds; and on meteoric stones" |  |
| 1873年 | 赫尔曼·冯·亥姆霍兹 |  | "For his researches in physics and physiology" |  |
| 1874年 | 路易·巴斯德 |  | "For his researches on fermentation and on pelerine" |  |
| 1875年 | 奥古斯特·威廉·冯·霍夫曼 |  | "For his numerous contributions to the science of chemistry, and especially for his researches on the derivatives of ammonia" |  |
| 1876年 | 克洛德·贝尔纳 |  | "For his numerous contributions to the science of physiology" |  |
| 1877年 | 詹姆斯·德怀特·丹纳 |  | "For his biological, geological, and mineralogical investigations, carried on through half a century, and for the valuable works in which his conclusions and discoveries have been published" |  |
| 1878年 | J·B·布森戈 |  | "For his long-continued and important researches and discoveries in agricultural chemistry" |  |
| 1879年 | 鲁道夫·克劳修斯 |  | "For his well-known researches upon heat" |  |
| 1880年 | 詹姆斯·约瑟夫·西尔维斯特 |  | "For his long continued investigations & discoveries in mathematics" |  |
| 1881年 | 查尔斯-阿道夫·武尔茨 |  | "For his discovery of the organic ammonias, the glycols, and other investigations which have exercised considerable influence on the progress of chemistry" | — |
| 1882年 | 阿瑟·凯莱 |  | "For his numerous profound and comprehensive researches in pure mathematics" |  |
| 1883年 | 威廉·汤姆森 |  | "For (1) his discovery of the law of the universal dissipation of energy; (2) his researches and eminent services in physics, both experimental & mathematical, especially in the theory of electricity and thermodynamics" |  |
| 1884年 | 卡尔·路德维希 |  | "For his investigations in physiology, and the great services which he has rendered to physiological science" | — |
| 1885年 | 弗里德里希·奥古斯特·凯库勒 |  | "For his researches in organic chemistry" |  |
| 1886年 | 弗朗茨·恩斯特·諾伊曼（英语：） |  | "For his researches in theoretical optics and electro-dynamics" |  |
| 1887年 | 约瑟夫·道尔顿·胡克 |  | "For his services to botanical science as an investigator, author, and traveller" |  |
| 1888年 | 托马斯·亨利·赫胥黎 |  | "For his investigations on the morphology and histology of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and for his services to biological science in general during many past years" |  |
| 1889年 | 乔治·萨蒙 |  | "For his various papers on subjects of pure mathematics, and for the valuable mathematical treatises of which he is the author" |  |
| 1890年 | 西蒙·纽康 |  | "For his contributions to the progress of gravitational astronomy" |  |
| 1891年 | 斯坦尼斯劳·坎尼扎罗 |  | "For his contributions to chemical philosophy especially for his application of Avogadros theory" |  |
| 1892年 | 鲁道夫·菲尔绍 |  | "For his investigations in pathology, pathological anatomy, and prehistoric archaeology" |  |
| 1893年 | 乔治·斯托克斯 |  | "For his researches and discoveries in physical science" 因他在物理科学方面的研究和发现 |  |
| 1894年 | 爱德华·弗兰克兰 |  | "For his eminent services to theoretical & applied chemistry" 因其对理论和应用化学的杰出贡献 |  |
| 1895年 | 卡尔·魏尔斯特拉斯 |  | "For his investigations in pure mathematics" 因其在纯数学方面的研究 |  |
| 1896年 | 卡尔·根格包尔 |  | "For his life-long researches in comparative anatomy in all branches of the animal kingdom. etc., etc" 因他毕生致力于动物界各个分支的比较解剖学研究等等 | — |
| 1897年 | 阿尔伯特·冯·科立克 |  | "In recognition of his important work in embryology, comparative anatomy, and physiology, and especially for his eminence as a histologist" 以表彰他在胚胎学、比较解剖学和生理学方面的重要工作，尤其是他作为组织学家的卓越贡献 | — |
| 1898年 | 威廉·哈金斯 |  | "For his researches in spectrum analysis applied to the heavenly bodies" 因其对应用于天体的光谱分析研究 |  |
| 1899年 | 约翰·斯特拉特 |  | "In recognition of his contributions to physical science" 因其对物理科学的贡献 |  |
| 1900年 | 马塞兰·贝特洛 |  | "For his brilliant services to chemical science" 为他对化学科学做出的杰出贡献 |  |