The Montyon Prize (french: Prix Montyon) is a series of prizes awarded annually by the

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and the

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. They are endowed by the

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benefactor Baron de Montyon.

History

Prior to the start of the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

, the Baron de Montyon established a series of prizes to be given away by the Académie Française, the

Académie des Sciences The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at the ...

, and the

Académie Nationale de Médecine Situated at 16 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the Académie nationale de médecine (National Academy of Medicine) was created in 1820 by King Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the instituti ...

. These were abolished by the

National Convention The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year National ...

, but were taken up again when Baron de Montyon returned to France in 1815. When he died, he bequeathed a large sum of money for the perpetual endowment of four annual prizes. The endowed prizes were as follows: * Making an industrial process less unhealthy * Perfecting of any technical improvement in a mechanical process * Book which during the year rendered the greatest service to humanity * The "prix de vertu" for the most courageous act on the part of a poor Frenchman These prizes were considered by some to be a forerunner of the

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

List of winners

* Jean Guénisset (1820) *

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(1823) *

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(1825) *

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(1831) *

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(1835) *

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(1842) * Jeanne Jugan (1845) * Jules Verne *

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(1859) *

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(1865) * Joséphine Colomb (1875) *

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(1876) *

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(1878) *

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(1878) *

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(1879) *

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(1882) *

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1886 *

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(1887) *

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(1888) *

(1890) *

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(1895) *

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(1897) *

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(1902). *

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(1903) *

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(1909, 1912, 1914) *

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(1932) *

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(1935) *

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(1937) *

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(1940) *

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(1946) *

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(1947) * André Giroux (1949) * Alix André (1951) * Nicolas Minorsky (1955) *

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(1970) *

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(1971) *

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(1972) *

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(2000) *

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(2001) *

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(2009) *

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(2012) *

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External links

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References

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