Arthur Robert Hinks - Awards

Awards

  • 1910: Prix Leconte of the French Academy of Sciences
  • 1911: Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
  • 1912: Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • 1913: Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS)
  • 1913: Gresham Professor of Astronomy, appointed by the City of London Corporation, a post he would hold until 1941
  • 1920: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  • 1938: Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
  • 1943: Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society
  • 2003: The Hinks Dorsum, a ridge on 433 Eros, is named in honour of Hinks and his association with the asteroid by the International Astronomical Union

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