Herschel Medal

Herschel Medal
Awarded for "investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics"[1]
Reward(s) Medal
First awarded 1974[2]
Last awarded 2018
Currently held by Tom Marsh
Website http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2272-herschel-medal Edit this on Wikidata

The Herschel Medal is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for "investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics". It is awarded for a single piece of work so that younger scientists can be candidates for the award.[1] It is named after the RAS's first president, William Herschel.[3] The medal was first awarded in 1974. The medal has been shared twice, in 1977 and 1986. It has been awarded 18 times to a total of 20 people (19 men, one woman), mostly from the UK.[2][4]

Medalists

Source: Royal Astronnmical Society

PhotoYearMedalist(s)FieldReferences
1974John Paul Wild[2]
1977Arno Penzias
Robert Woodrow Wilson		[2]
1980Gérard de Vaucouleurs[2]
1983William W. Morgan[2]
1986Albert Boggess
Robert Wilson		[2]
1989Jocelyn Bell Burnell[2]
1992Andrew Lyne[2]
1995George Isaak[2]
1998Gerry Neugebauer[2]
2001Patrick Thaddeus[2]
2004Keith HorneCataclysmic variable stars and exoplanets[2][5]
2006Govind SwarupRadio astronomy[2][6]
2008Max PettiniExtragalactic cosmology[2][3]
2010James HoughPolarimetry[2][7]
2012Mike IrwinDigital optical and infrared surveys[2][8]
2013Michael KramerPulsars[2][9]
2014Reinhard GenzelGalactic and Extragalactic astronomy[2][10]
2015Stephen EalesSubmillimetre astronomy[4][11]
2016James Dunlop[12]
2017Simon Lilly[2]
2018Tom Marsh[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Awards, Medals and Prizes - Herschel Medal". RAS. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Herschel Medal Winners" (pdf). RAS. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Leading astronomers and geophysicists honoured with RAS medals and prizes". RAS. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Winners of the 2015 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Royal Astronomical Society announces 2004 medals and awards". RAS. 2 March 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Citation for Professor Govind Swarup for The Herschel Medal" (pdf). RAS. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "RAS Honours Outstanding Astronomers and Geophysicists". RAS. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists". RAS. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Winners of the 2013 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details". RAS. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Cardiff University astronomers honoured for helping to improve our understanding of the universe". Wales Online. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicist". RAS. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  13. ↑ https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/272-news-2018/3086-ras-medals-and-awards-honour-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists
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