Awards and Recognition
British scientist Sir Godfrey Hounsfield (1919 – 2004), receives the “MacRobert Award” from Prince Philip at the Savoy Hotel, London, 25th November 1972. The prize is awarded annually ‘in recognition of the technological innovation contributing most significantly to the prestige and prosperity of the United Kingdom’. Hounsfield’s work is in the development of computer assisted tomography (CAT scanning). (Photo by Wesley/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was well-acknowledged for this work and contribution to the field of Science. Here are some of the areas in which he got recognized: Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award – The Lasker Foundation presents a set of four awards annually to recognize those who work exceptionally well in the field of diseases diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and cure. Hounsfield was bestowed with this award in the year 1975.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Once again, in 1975, Sir Godfrey Hounsfield was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society award. Individuals who are known to have made a “substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science” are awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society.
There have been a total of 8,000 Fellows so far, and other noted scientists securing the same recognition include Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking and the likes.
Gairdner Foundation International Award – Come 1976, Hounsfield added another international award to his kitty. This is a very special award that is distributed at a special dinner in Canada where five individuals with outstanding contribution to medical science are recognized. Primarily, it acts as a precursor to the Nobel Prize.