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	Sylvester Medal
		Winners of the Sylvester Medal of the Royal Society of London
		Soon after the death of Professor J J Sylvester, F.R.S., in 1897, a number of his friends considered the advisability of funding some suitable honour of his name and life-work.
		A bronze medal accompanied by a grant of the balance of the Sylvester Medal Fund, is accordingly awarded triennially for the Encouragement of Mathematical Research.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Societies/SylvesterMedal.html (140 words)

	James Joseph Sylvester Biography \| World of Mathematics
		Sylvester was born on September 3, 1814 in London, the son of Abraham Joseph.
		Sylvester had resigned from Woolwich in 1870 and was busily engaged in his mathematical work, but he could not resist an invitation from the eminent American physicist Joseph Henry to come to the newlyfounded Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
		Sylvester died on March 15, 1897 and was buried at the Jewish Cemetery at Ball's Pond, London.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/james-joseph-sylvester-wom (960 words)

	Search Results for Sylvester
		Sylvester never wrote a paper without foot-notes, appendices, supplements, and the alterations and corrections in his proofs were such that the printers found their task well-nigh impossible.
		Sylvester already knew of Ladd through her mathematics articles in Educational Times, which he had read in England before coming to the United States, and so he requested that the University admit Ladd even although entry was not in general open to women.
		Sylvester also persuaded the University to award her a $500 a year fellowship for the three years 1879-82, but she was not entitled to the title "Fellow" nor was her name recorded on the list of students at the university.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Search/historysearch.cgi?SUGGESTION=Sylvester&CONTEXT=1 (4626 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - SYLVESTER, JAMES JOSEPH: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sylvester was the founder and first editor of the "American Journal of Mathematics." He received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1860, the Copley Medal in 1880, and the triennial De Morgan Commemoration Medal from the London Mathematical Society in 1887.
		Sylvester was chiefly known as an algebraist, and as the fellow worker of Professor Cayley in the
		In addition to the foregoing, Sylvester published a theory of versification in a volume entitled the "Laws of Verse" (1870), as well as poetical translations from the German and Latin, and various sonnets and other original pieces in verse.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1206&letter=S (474 words)

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		Sylvester Antolak, Company B, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, was born at St. Clairsville, Ohio, and was killed in action near Cistern di Littoria, Italy.
		Sylvester Antolak, a converted VC2-S-AP-2 type built under a Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 830), was laid down as Stetson Victory on 3 May 1945 by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Md.; launched on 16 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs.
		Sylvester Antolak arrived at Seattle on 10 August and was returned to the Maritime Administration on 17 September for berthing in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s10/sgt_sylvester_antolak.htm (482 words)

	James Joseph Sylvester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		From 1838 Sylvester taught physics for 3 years at the University of London, one of the few places which did not bar him because of his religion.
		Sylvester tried hard to return to being a professional mathematician, and eventually he became professor of mathematics at Woolwich.
		In 1883, Sylvester was appointed to the Savilian chair of Geometry at Oxford.
	www.stetson.edu /~efriedma/periodictable/html/Sr.html (460 words)

	Player Bio: Matt Sylvester :: Men's Basketball
		Sylvester was Ohio Co-Division I Player of the Year in 2001 with current Buckeye senior J.J. Sullinger.
		Sylvester was named to the state all-tournament team after earning honorable mention all-city and all-state honors...
		Mike Sylvester played professionally in Italy for 17 years and was a member of the Italian National Olympic team in 1980...
	ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sylvester_matt00.html (744 words)

	The Sylvester Medal (1901)
		The medal is named after James Joseph Sylvester (1814 - 1897) who was Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford, in the 1880s.
		A bronze medal is awarded triennially for the encouragement of mathematical research and a gift of £1000 accompanies it.
		The Sylvester medal was awarded in 2006 to Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer FRS for his fundamental work in arithmetic geometry and his many contributions to the theory of ordinary differential equations..
	www.royalsoc.ac.uk /page.asp?id=1765 (148 words)

	Moeller grad was only American to medal in '80
		The most curious legacy of Mike Sylvester's accomplished sporting career was that he was the only American to medal in the 1980 Olympics.
		Sylvester had a sprained ankle during the Games and thus wasn't his team's high scorer, but the Italians scored a huge semifinal upset of the Soviet Union before losing the gold-medal game to Yugoslavia.
		Sylvester, who played at the University of Dayton and later coached two minor-league basketball teams, is best known now as the father of Matt Sylvester, a Moeller grad who's playing basketball at Ohio State.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/07/11/spt_sptoly1ab.html (526 words)

	Amazon.fr : Sylvester and the Magic Pebble: Livres en anglais: William Steig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Startled, Sylvester wishes he were a rock, but in mineral form he can no longer hold the pebble, and thus cannot wish himself back to his equine trappings.
		Sylvester's sweet story is one that endures, reminding us all that sometimes what we have is all we really need.
		How Sylvester is eventually reunited with his loving family and restored to his true self makes a story that is beautifully tender and filled with magic.
	www.amazon.fr /Sylvester-Magic-Pebble-William-Steig/dp/0671662694 (537 words)

	Amazon.com: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble: Books: William Steig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sylvester's intentions are good and he plans to make use of the power of the pebble to help others.
		Sylvester was a rock for each season and each page of the book had a new season, therefore he was soon reunited with his family.
		Sylvester is also supposed to be the age of a child, therefore a child that reads this book will be able to identify with the central character.
	www.amazon.com /Sylvester-Magic-Pebble-William-Steig/dp/067166154X (2238 words)

	Sylvester, rocky sylvester, sylvester stalone height (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sylvester But the cold facts of Sylvester's career are too interesting to need any.
		Sylvester knew at an early age that there was a creative force within that.
		Sylvester Williams, one of five children, was born in Trinidad on 19th.
	www.brokerage-account.org /sylvester.html (871 words)

	25th Anniversary of the Diocese of Metuchen
		St. Sylvester was Pope in the reign of Emperor Constantine I, who built the Lateran and other churches.
		The present Order of Pope St. Sylvester dates to the pontificate of Pope St. Pius X (1903-1914) and is the last the last of the Papal orders to be created.
		The oldest of the four pontifical honors to be granted at the April 30th ceremony, the Benemerenti Medal was conferred for the first time during the pontificate of Pope Pius VII (1800-1823).
	www.diometuchen.org /25th/honors.html (395 words)

	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble W (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		While hurrying home to show his parents a wish-granting pebble, Sylvester the donkey is startled by a hungry lion emerging from the bushes.
		A year later, Sylvester's grieving parents go for a picnic and choose the rock that is Sylvester as their table.
		Sylvester's father happens to find the magic pebble and places it on the table, just as Sylvester wishes he were himself again.
	tiger.towson.edu /~gschro2/childrenslit/fantasy/sylvesterandthemagicpebble.htm (588 words)

	Rowing Society - Benjamin F. Sylvester Jr Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This year's Benjamin F. Sylvester Jnr medal for the person who is judged to have made the greatest contribution to the rowing life of St Catherine's has been awarded to Darren Chadwick.
		The medal, designed by Dana Edmondson, depicts a Catherine wheel comprised of oars on a background of water.
		At the center of the medal is the crest of St Catherine's College, Oxford.
	www.atm.ox.ac.uk /rowing/rsbfsaward.html (364 words)

	Cambridge scientists honoured by Royal Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Three researchers from the University of Cambridge have been awarded medals from the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
		The medal is awarded in recognition of his fundamental work in arithmetic geometry and his many contributions to the theory of ordinary differential equations.
		The medals will be presented on the 30th of November, the anniversary of the inauguration of the Royal Society.
	www.admin.cam.ac.uk /news/dp/2006072702 (345 words)

	Sylvester Vineyards & Winery - Fine wines from the Central Coast. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sylvester Vineyards & Winery - Fine wines from the Central Coast.
		Sylvester Vineyards & Winery is proud to announce our featured artist of the month: San Luis Obispo-based Artist Tom Lawlor, who will be premiering his latest series of paintings at a November 4th 2006 reception hosted by Paso Robles' own Sylvester Vineyards & Winery.
		Sylvester Vineyards & Winery is proud to announce our featured artist of the month: Paso Robles-based Artist Jeff Jasiorkowski, who will be premiering his latest series of paintings at a December 2nd 2006 reception hosted by Paso Robles' own Sylvester Vineyards & Winery.
	www.sylvesterwinery.com /press.html (456 words)

	sylvester June 21, 2000
		From October 1991 until January 1993, Major General Sylvester served consecutively as the Director of the Command and Staff Department and Chief of Staff of the US Army Armor School at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
		In November 1994, Major General Sylvester assumed duties as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G2/G3 of the Allied Command Europe (ACE) Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) in Rheindahlen, Germany, and subsequently deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina on NATO’s first operational deployment for Operation Joint Endeavor in December 1995.
		Major General Sylvester’s awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with V Device (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), the Ancient Order of St. Barbara, and the Honorable Order of St. George.
	www.fas.org /spp/starwars/congress/2000_h/000621-sylvester_june_21.htm (1790 words)

	Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians
		The Fields Medal is considered to be the equivalent of the Nobel prize for mathematics.
		The Sylvester Medal has been awarded by the Royal Society of London every three years since 1901 for the encouragement of mathematical research without regard to nationality.
		The Adams Prize, given annually by the University of Cambridge to a British mathematician under the age of 40, commemorates the discovery by John Couch Adams of the planet Neptune through calculation of the discrepancies in the orbit of Uranus.
	www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/prizes.htm (2620 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1978, and the Crafoord Prize of the Swedish Academy in 1988.
		The Councils of the London Mathematical Society and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications have awarded the David Crighton Medal for 2003 for services to mathematics and to the mathematics community to Professor John Ball, FRS, Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Oxford.
		The Royal Society has awarded the Sylvester Medal for 2003 to Professor Lennart Carleson, ForMemRS, for his deep and fundamental contributions to mathematics in the field of analysis and complex dynamics.
	www.lms.ac.uk /newsletter/318/318_03.html (808 words)

	Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina - COMSFOR
		General John B. Sylvester is the Commander Peace Stabilisation Force, Operation Joint Forge, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
		Lieutenant General Sylvester was commissioned as an Armoured officer in 1968.
		Lieutenant General Sylvester's awards include: three Defence Distinguished Service Medal; the Silver Star; three awards of the Legion of Merit; Bronze Star Medal with "V" device; Bronze Star Medal; four awards of the Meritorious Service Medal; four awards of the Army Commendation Medal; the Army Achievement Medal; and the Army Aviator Badge.
	www.nato.int /sfor/coms-sfor/comsfor/t010609a.htm (251 words)

	Sylvester Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sylvester Medal is a bronze medal awarded every three years by the Royal Society for the encouragement of mathematical research.
		Instituted in 1901, it will next be awarded in 2009.
		The medal is named after James Joseph Sylvester, Savilian professor of geometry, Oxford, in the 1880s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sylvester_Medal (95 words)

	A conversation with David Kendall, N. H. Bingham
		He was one of those who joined with Jerzy Neyman in the campaign for the establishment of the Bernoulli Society, and he became its first President (1975).
		His honors and awards include the Guy Medal in Silver of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) (1955), Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) (1964, Council 1967-1969, 1982-1983), President of the London Mathematical Society (1972-1974), Weldon Memorial Prize (1974), Sylvester Medal of the Royal Society (1976), Honorary D.de l'U. (Paris René Descartes, 1976), D.Sc.
		(Oxford, 1977), Senior Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society (1980), RSS Guy Medal in Gold (1981), President of the Mathematics and Physics Section of the British Association (1982), Milne Lecturer (1983), Honorary Fellow of Queen's College Oxford (1985), Hotelling Lecturer (1985), Honorary D.Sc.
	projecteuclid.org /Dienst/UI/1.0/Summarize/euclid.ss/1032280213 (348 words)

	Teacher Page
		The primary purpose of using quality children's literature in the classroom is to instill a love of reading.
		As with any book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble should be first read for pleasure before embarking on activities based on the book.
		This unit can be extended by examining other topics of interest to students using Sylvester and the Magic Pebble as a springboard.
	www.wku.edu /~susan.barley/teacher.htm (572 words)

	Caldecott Award Titles
		Medal: They were strong and good by Lawson
		Medal: The glorious flight across the channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 by Provensen
		Medal: Saint George and the dragon by Hodges
	www.unk.edu /acad/library/curric/index.php?id=4504 (939 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Obituaries
		Howard's decorations included the Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal.
		He was senior class president and lettered in football, lacrosse, basketball and baseball.
		He was a two-time all-American in lacrosse and football and won the Sylvester Medal of Excellence in Athletics and the H. Byrd Citizenship Prize.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A42691-2005Feb21?language=printer (1192 words)

	Lions Gate adapting William Steigs Sylvester and The Magic Pebble - MoviesOnline
		Lions Gate Family Entertainment (LGFE) has announced its second feature film project, SYLVESTER, based on the beloved and award-winning childrenâs book Sylvester and The Magic Pebble (Simon and Schuster, 1969) by the late William Steig, also the creator of Shrek.
		In 1970, William Steig was awarded the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
		The Caldecott Medal is presented annually by the American Library Association to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
	www.moviesonline.ca /spot/movienews_5020.html (384 words)

	Walter Feit. In Memoriam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He and Walter Feit jointly received the Cole Prize from the American Mathematical Society in 1965.
		He was awarded the Senior Berwick Prize from the London Mathematical Society in 1982, and the Sylvester Medal from the Royal Society in 1985.
		He was awarded the United States National Medal of Science in 2000.
	www.math.yale.edu /public_html/WalterFeit/Speakers/Thompson.html (383 words)

	George Everett Sylvester, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"My Dad, George Everett Sylvester, was born 31 August, 1913 in Ludlow, Vermont.
		Returning from Korea, he went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas where he finished his military career as the Deputy Inspector General of the 4th U.S. Army.
		"His awards and decorations include two awards of the Bronze Star Medal for Valor and two awards of the Purple Heart Medal.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /gesylvester.htm (377 words)

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