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U.S.A. Villanova University Mendel Medal

U.S.A.
Villanova University Mendel Medal

Bronze medal, by Sinnock, 1934, awarded to Abbé Georges Lemaître, Mendel at a table examining a examining a sweet-pea, GREGOR MENDEL 1822-1884, rev. Villanova university's seal encircled by a wreath of sweet-peas, COLLEGIUM AUGUSTINIANUM DE VILLANOVA, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, stamped MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. on edge.

The Villanova University Mendel Medal was established and awarded to outstanding scientists whose work helped advance the cause of science and also have demonstrated that there is no intrinsic conflict between true science and true religion.
L'abbé Georges Lemaître (1894-1966) was a Belgian catholic canon, physician and astronomer. He proposed the hypothesis of the primeval atom, also known as "The Big Bang theory" to explain the origin of the universe.

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