Wollaston Medal

Scientific award for geology
The Wollaston Medal

The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.

The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), then palladium, a metal discovered by Wollaston (1846–1860). Next in gold again (1861–1929) and then in palladium again (1930–present).

Laureates

Source:Geological Society

1831–1850

  • 1831 William 'Strata' Smith
  • 1835 Gideon Mantell
  • 1836 Louis Agassiz
  • 1837 Proby Thomas Cautley
  • 1837 Hugh Falconer
  • 1838 Richard Owen
  • 1839 Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
  • 1840 André Hubert Dumont
  • 1841 Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
  • 1842 Leopold von Buch
  • 1843 Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont
  • 1843 Pierre Armand Dufrenoy
  • 1844 William Conybeare
  • 1845 John Phillips
  • 1846 William Lonsdale
  • 1847 Ami Boué
  • 1848 William Buckland
  • 1849 Joseph Prestwich
  • 1850 William Hopkins

1851–1900

1901–1950

1951–2000

2001–

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36070. London. 20 February 1900. p. 5.
  2. ^ "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36974. London. 10 January 1903. p. 6.
  3. ^ "The Geological Society of London - 2023 awards and funds winners".
  4. ^ "The Geological Society of London - 2024 awards and funds winners".

External links

  • List of Wollaston Medal Winners