Editing Sam Edwards (physicist) (section)

== Administrative activities and professional recognition ==
He was Chairman of the Science Research Council 1973-1977 and between 1984 and 1995 was [[Cavendish Professor of Physics]] at [[Cambridge University]].  He was a member of the Board of Sponsors of The [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] and Past President of Cambridge Society for the Application of Research.

Edwards was knighted in 1975. Awards presented to him include the [[Davy Medal]] (1984) and the [[Royal Medal]] (2001) of the [[Royal Society]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warner|first=Mark|date=2017-02-22|title=Sir Sam Edwards. 1 February 1928 – 7 July 2015|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|language=en|volume=63|pages=243–271|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2016.0028|issn=0080-4606|doi-access=free}}</ref> the [[Boltzmann medal]] of the [[International Union of Pure and Applied Physics]] (1995),<ref>{{citation
 |title       = Samuel Edwards: Boltzmann Medallist 1995
 |publisher   = IUPAP Commission on Statistical Physics
 |url         = http://iupap.cii.fc.ul.pt/Boltz_Award/BA1995.html
 |access-date  = 2013-02-20
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017061732/http://iupap.cii.fc.ul.pt/Boltz_Award/BA1995.html
 |archive-date = 17 October 2013}}</ref> and the [[Dirac Medal (ICTP)|Dirac Medal]] of the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics]] (2005). He was also a Founding Fellow of the [[Learned Society of Wales]] and he held an honorary degree (Doctor of Science) from the University of Bath (1978).