Percy Williams Bridgman

==Honors and awards==

==Honors and awards==

Bridgman received Doctors, ''[[honoris causa]]'' from [[Stevens Institute of Technology|Stevens Institute]] (1934), Harvard (1939), [[Brooklyn Polytechnic]] (1941), [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (1950), [[University of Paris|Paris]] (1950), and [[Yale University|Yale]] (1951). He received the [[Bingham Medal]] (1951) from the [[Society of Rheology]], the [[Rumford Prize]] from the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1919), the [[Elliott Cresson Medal]] (1932) from the [[Franklin Institute]], the Gold Medal from Bakhuys Roozeboom Fund (founder [[Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom]]) (1933) from the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Bakhuys Roozeboom Fund laureates|url=http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/600.bGFuZz1FTkc.html|work=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807075341/http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/600.bGFuZz1FTkc.html|archive-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> and the [[Comstock Prize in Physics|Comstock Prize]] (1933) of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=Comstock>{{cite web|title=Comstock Prize in Physics|url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|access-date=February 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229195326/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|archive-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref>

Bridgman received Doctors, ''[[honoris causa]]'' from [[Stevens Institute of Technology|Stevens Institute]] (1934), Harvard (1939), [[Brooklyn Polytechnic]] (1941), [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (1950), [[University of Paris|Paris]] (1950), and [[Yale University|Yale]] (1951). He received the [[Bingham Medal]] (1951) from the [[Society of Rheology]], the [[Rumford Prize]] from the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1919), the [[Elliott Cresson Medal]] (1932) from the [[Franklin Institute]], the Gold Medal from Bakhuys Roozeboom Fund (founder [[Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom]]) (1933) from the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Bakhuys Roozeboom Fund laureates|url=http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/600.bGFuZz1FTkc.html|work=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807075341/http://www.knaw.nl/Pages/DEF/27/600.bGFuZz1FTkc.html|archive-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> the [[Comstock Prize in Physics|Comstock Prize]] (1933) of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=Comstock>{{cite web|title=Comstock Prize in Physics|url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|access-date=February 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229195326/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_comstock|archive-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref>, and the 1946 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nobel Prize in Physics 1946 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1946/summary/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=[[Nobel Foundation|nobelprize.org]]}}</ref>

Bridgman was a member of the [[American Physical Society]] and was its president in 1942. He was also a member of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[American Philosophical Society]], and the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]. He was a Foreign Member of the [[Royal Society]] and Honorary Fellow of the [[Physical Society of London]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

Bridgman was a member of the [[American Physical Society]] and was its president in 1942. He was also a member of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[American Philosophical Society]], and the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]. He was a Foreign Member of the [[Royal Society]] and Honorary Fellow of the [[Physical Society of London]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}