Silver Medal (Zoological Society of London)

The Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London is "Awarded to a Fellow of the Society or any other person for contributions to the understanding and appreciation of zoology, including such activities as public education in natural history, and wildlife conservation."[1] It was first awarded in 1847.[2]

Winners (pre-1964)

Year Recipient[3]
1847Roderick Murchison & M Dalmatoff
1859Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning & William Hay & Henry Ramsey & Brian Houghton Hodgson & H G Keene & Rajendra Mullick & Richard Green & William Dougal Christie
1860George Grey & Gerald Chetwynd-Talbot
1862George Bennett
1869Rutherford Alcock
1872A D Bartlett
1875H H Seyyid Barghash bin Said
1877Robert Hudson
1878Frederick Richard Pollock
1882John Dean Caton
1884George H R Fisk
1887The Maharajah of Kuch-Bechar
1889Edward Dalzel Dickson
1891Ursula Edmondston & Robert Thomas Charles Scott
1893Donald Cameron of Lochiel & John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus
1894Henry Hamilton Johnston
1897Alexander Whyte
1900John Ernest Matcham
1902Edmund William Harper
1904Arthur Thomson
1907Adam White Guthrie
1908David Seth-Smith & William Ingram
1909Charles Dunell Rudd & Richard Bowen Woosnam
1910Carl Hagenbeck
1912J Stevenson Hamilton
1914R E Drake-Brockman & Albert Pam & W K Pomeroy & H G F Spurrell
1917Wilfred A Smithers
1921John Young & Cecil H. Armitage
1926Henry Courtney Brocklehurst
1931A St Alban Smith
1937E B Carter
1938G C Upstone
1942Alfred Ezra & Geoffrey Marr Vevers
1945Dorothy Pinto-Leite
1946William Chippendale
1952Annie Porter
1953Herbet F Vinall
1955John Withers Lester
1958Joao de Freitas Martins

Winners (post-1964)

In 1964, the criteria for the Silver Medal were changed, split into 2 categories. Category 1 is awarded to individuals for Curation or distinguished service to the Society, whilst Category 2 is awarded to fellows who have provided a significant contribution to the field of zoology, including in both wildlife conservation and public education of natural history.[3]

Year Category 1 [3] Category 2 [3]
1964George Burden StrattonLord Hurcomb
1965David Attenborough
1966Aubrey Buxton
1968James Fisher
1969F A P Stengelhofen
1973A J E Cave & Eirwen M Owen & L G Goodwin
1974Eric Hosking
1975Gerald H Thompson
1983Stephen Jay Gould
1984E H Ashton
1985L Harrison Matthews
1988Richard Dawkins
1991Owen C ChamberlainJane Goodall
1993Jonathan Kingdon
1997George B. Rabb
1999Michael Brambell
2003Peter OlneyAubrey Manning
2004John Chapple
2005Alastair Fothergill
2007Scottish Ornithologists Club
2008Rosie Trevelyan
2009David Macdonald [4]
2010Michael McCarthy [5]
2011Martin Fisher

References

  1. http://www.zsl.org/science/scientific-awards/
  2. http://pdmedallions.co.uk/Commerce/product_info.php?products_id=783
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Silver Medal Winners Complete List" (PDF). Zoological Society of London.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  5. "ZSL – Recipients of the Silver Medal" (PDF). Zoological Society of London. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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