Nominate a scientist for the £50 note
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:24 pm
The Bank of England wants nominations for a scientist to be featured on the new £50 note. The rules are that the person has to be
(a) a scientist and
(b) dead
I think they also have to be a real person (the site where I heard about this said so, but it isn't mentioned on the nomination page) rather than a fictional character, and British though they don't actually say so - I think any non-Brits will be fairly low on the list. They also ask for a very brief summary of the reasons why the person is important.
I've gone with Rosalind Franklin, one of the pioneers of X-Ray crystallography and an important figure in the discovery of the structure of DNA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
You can nominate on this page:
https://app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/1348443/10fc/
The page doesn't ask for any personal details about the person making the nomination.
(a) a scientist and
(b) dead
I think they also have to be a real person (the site where I heard about this said so, but it isn't mentioned on the nomination page) rather than a fictional character, and British though they don't actually say so - I think any non-Brits will be fairly low on the list. They also ask for a very brief summary of the reasons why the person is important.
I've gone with Rosalind Franklin, one of the pioneers of X-Ray crystallography and an important figure in the discovery of the structure of DNA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
You can nominate on this page:
https://app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/1348443/10fc/
The page doesn't ask for any personal details about the person making the nomination.