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] |
|---|---|
| 1847 | Roderick Murchison & M Dalmatoff |
| 1859 | Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning & William Hay & Henry Ramsey & Brian Houghton Hodgson & H G Keene & Rajendra Mullick & Richard Green & William Dougal Christie |
| 1860 | George Grey & Gerald Chetwynd-Talbot |
| 1862 | George Bennett |
| 1869 | Rutherford Alcock |
| 1872 | A D Bartlett |
| 1875 | H H Seyyid Barghash bin Said |
| 1877 | Robert Hudson |
| 1878 | Frederick Richard Pollock |
| 1882 | John Dean Caton |
| 1884 | George H R Fisk |
| 1887 | The Maharajah of Kuch-Bechar |
| 1889 | Edward Dalzel Dickson |
| 1891 | Ursula Edmondston & Robert Thomas Charles Scott |
| 1893 | Donald Cameron of Lochiel & John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus |
| 1894 | Henry Hamilton Johnston |
| 1897 | Alexander Whyte |
| 1900 | John Ernest Matcham |
| 1902 | Edmund William Harper |
| 1904 | Arthur Thomson |
| 1907 | Adam White Guthrie |
| 1908 | David Seth-Smith & William Ingram |
| 1909 | Charles Dunell Rudd & Richard Bowen Woosnam |
| 1910 | Carl Hagenbeck |
| 1912 | J Stevenson Hamilton |
| 1914 | R E Drake-Brockman & Albert Pam & W K Pomeroy & H G F Spurrell |
| 1917 | Wilfred A Smithers |
| 1921 | John Young & Cecil H. Armitage |
| 1926 | Henry Courtney Brocklehurst |
| 1931 | A St Alban Smith |
| 1937 | E B Carter |
| 1938 | G C Upstone |
| 1942 | Alfred Ezra & Geoffrey Marr Vevers |
| 1945 | Dorothy Pinto-Leite |
| 1946 | William Chippendale |
| 1952 | Annie Porter |
| 1953 | Herbet F Vinall |
| 1955 | John Withers Lester |
| 1958 | Joao 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] |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | George Burden Stratton | Lord Hurcomb |
| 1965 | David Attenborough | |
| 1966 | Aubrey Buxton | |
| 1968 | James Fisher | |
| 1969 | F A P Stengelhofen | |
| 1973 | A J E Cave & Eirwen M Owen & L G Goodwin | |
| 1974 | Eric Hosking | |
| 1975 | Gerald H Thompson | |
| 1983 | Stephen Jay Gould | |
| 1984 | E H Ashton | |
| 1985 | L Harrison Matthews | |
| 1988 | Richard Dawkins | |
| 1991 | Owen C Chamberlain | Jane Goodall |
| 1993 | Jonathan Kingdon | |
| 1997 | George B. Rabb | |
| 1999 | Michael Brambell | |
| 2003 | Peter Olney | Aubrey Manning |
| 2004 | John Chapple | |
| 2005 | Alastair Fothergill | |
| 2007 | Scottish Ornithologists Club | |
| 2008 | Rosie Trevelyan | |
| 2009 | David Macdonald [4] | |
| 2010 | Michael McCarthy [5] | |
| 2011 | Martin Fisher | |
| 2012 | Helen Roy |
References
- "Awards". Zoological Society of London.
- "Silver Medal Winners Complete List" (PDF). Zoological Society of London.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-10-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "ZSL – Recipients of the Silver Medal" (PDF). Zoological Society of London. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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