The John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize is an award of the UK-based

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based not-for-profit learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, physics research, research and applied physics, application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide ...

(IOP) for "distinguished contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics". The award, named in honour of

Lord Rayleigh John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh ( ; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919), was an English physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery ...

, consists of a medal with £1,000 and a certificate. The John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize (established in 2008) should not be confused with the

Rayleigh Medal The Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. It should not be confused with the medal of the same name awarded ...

, which was established by the Institute of Acoustics in 1970.

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