The Silver Pears Trophy was an award presented annually by
Pears Cyclopaedia
''Pears' Cyclopaedia'' was a one-volume encyclopaedia published in the United Kingdom. Pears' Soap launched the original ''Pears' Shilling Cyclopaedia'' in December 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
The first edition contain ...
for "outstanding British achievement in any field." The trophy was possibly awarded prior to 1953 and after 1958, but more research is needed on the subject.
Award recipients
* 1953: Colonel Sir
John Hunt
* 1954: Sir
Roger Bannister (20 September 1954).
* 1955:
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, ...
* 1957:
Laurence Olivier
* 1958: Professor
Sydney Chapman
See also
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Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
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Trophy
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British awards
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