Editing Hermann von Helmholtz (section)

== Honours and legacy ==
[[Image:Hermann von Helmholtz-Statue vor der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.jpg|thumb|upright|Helmholtz's statue in front of Humboldt University in Berlin]]

* In 1873, Helmholtz was elected as a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=1873&year-max=1873&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=3 May 2021|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
*In 1881, Helmholtz was elected [[Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons|Honorary Fellow]] of the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/countrywide/xmisc/rcsi-hon-fellows.txt|title=Honorary Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) since 1784|publisher=Ireland Genealogy Project|year=2013|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005705/http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/countrywide/xmisc/rcsi-hon-fellows.txt|archive-date=3 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On 10 November 1881, he was awarded the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]]: au grade de Commandeur, or Level 3 – a senior grade. (No. 2173).
* In 1883, Professor Helmholtz was honoured by the Emperor, being raised to the nobility, or ''Adel''. The ''Adelung'' meant that he and his family were now styled: '''von''' Helmholtz. The distinction was not a peerage or title, but it was hereditary and conferred a certain social cachet.
* Helmholtz was conferred the Honorary Membership of the [[Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland]] in 1884.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iesis.org/honorary-fellows.html|title=Honorary Members and Fellows|publisher=The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland}}</ref>
* The largest German association of [[research institution]]s, the [[Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres|Helmholtz Association]], is named after him.<ref name="Gemeinschaft"/><ref name=History>{{cite web|title=History of the name in the About section of Helmholtz Association website |url=http://www.helmholtz.de/en/about_us/history |access-date=30 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414190640/http://www.helmholtz.de/en/about_us/history/ |archive-date=14 April 2012 }}</ref>
* The asteroid [[11573 Helmholtz]] and the lunar crater ''[[Helmholtz (lunar crater)|Helmholtz]]'' as well as the crater ''[[Helmholtz (Martian crater)|Helmholtz]]'' on Mars were named in his honour.<ref name="Asteroid" /><ref>{{GPN|2438|name=Lunar crater Helmholtz}}</ref><ref>{{GPN|2439|name=Martian crater Helmholtz}}</ref>
* In [[Charlottenburg]], [[Berlin]], the street ''Helmholtzstraße'' is named after von Helmholtz.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/ueber-den-bezirk/freiflaechen/strassen/artikel.177427.php |title=Helmholtzstraße |access-date=18 July 2018 |website=berlin.de |date=21 September 2014 }}</ref>

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