Buchanan Medal
The Buchanan Medal is a Royal Society award that has been presented since 1897 for outstanding scientific contributions in the entire field of medicine . For many years, the prize was awarded every five years; since 1990, it has been awarded every two years - initially in even years, from 2011 in odd years, and since 2017 annually. The award is named after George Buchanan (1831–1895), a London doctor and pioneer of hygiene who donated the medal in 1894.
The award committee takes into account researchers who are at the beginning or in the middle of their careers. The prerequisite for the award winner is citizenship - or at least three years of permanent residence - in a country of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland .
The prize consists of a silver medal and £ 1,000 in prize money .
Award winners
- 1897 John Simon
- 1902 Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman
- 1907 William Henry Power
- 1912 William Crawford Gorgas
- 1917 Almroth Wright
- 1922 David Bruce
- 1927 Major Greenwood
- 1932 Thorvald Madsen
- 1937 Frederick Fuller Russell
- 1942 Wilson Jameson
- 1947 Edward Mellanby
- 1952 Rickard Christophers
- 1957 Neil Hamilton Fairley
- 1962 Landsborough Thon
- 1967 Graham Wilson
- 1972 Richard Doll
- 1977 David Evans
- 1982 Frederick Warner
- 1987 Gyorgy Karoly Radda
- 1990 Cyril Clarke
- 1992 Denis Parsons Burkitt
- 1994 David Weatherall
- 1996 Norman Henry Ashton
- 1998 Barry James Marshall
- 2000 William Stanley Peart
- 2002 Michael Waterfield
- 2004 David P. Lane
- 2006 Iain MacIntyre
- 2008 Christopher Marshall
- 2010 Peter Cresswell
- 2011 Stephen Philip Jackson
- 2013 Douglas Higgs
- 2015 Irwin McLean
- 2017 Peter Ratcliffe
- 2018 Adrian Peter Bird
- 2019 Gillian Griffiths
- 2020 Doug Turnbull
Web links
- Buchanan Medal at the Royal Society (royalsociety.org)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Buchanan, Sir George. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 218.