Keith Medal
The Keith Medal was an award from the Royal Society of Edinburgh for a scientific article in one of their journals, preferably in the fields of Mathematics (published in the Proceedings, Series A) and Earth Sciences (published in the Transactions), and preferably for a new discovery. It is named after Alexander Keith of Dunnottar (died 1819), the company's first treasurer, and was donated in 1827 with funds from his estate. In 2006 it was awarded for the 80th and last time.
It was awarded at times every two years, most recently at irregular intervals, alternating between mathematics and geosciences.
Award winners
The list prior to 1990 is incomplete
- 1848: Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
- 1854: William John Macquorn Rankine
- 1864: William Thomson
- 1878: Matthew Heddle
- 1884 and 1899: Thomas Muir
- 1917: James Hartley Ashworth (again in 1926 and 1933)
- 1929: Christina Cruickshank Miller
- 1941: William McCrea (with others)
- 1942: Edward Thomas Copson
- 1943: James Ritchie
- 1950: Arthur Geoffrey Walker
- 1974: Douglas Samuel Jones
- 1979: John Mackintosh Howie
- 1981: Brian John Bluck
- 1984: John Heslop-Harrison
- 1987: John Bryce McLeod
- 1990: John M. Ball
- 1993: Euan Clarkson
- 1997: Vladimír Šverák
- 2006: Antonio DeSimone , Stefan Müller , Robert V. Kohn , Felix Otto
Web links
- Keith Medal ( Memento from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (royalsoced.org.uk)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Royal Society of Edinburgh - Keith Medal. (No longer available online.) At: rse.mtcserver6.com. Royal Society of Edinburgh , archived from the original on April 22, 2018 ; accessed on May 29, 2018 (English).
- ↑ http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=3448&back=
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sandberg&id=I02422
- ↑ http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/biology/about/notable-alumni/james-ashworth
- ^ A b c d C. D. Waterston and A. Macmillan Shearer: Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 - 2002. Biographical Index Part Two. The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2006, accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BRIAN JOHN BLUCK August 29, 1935 - June 19, 2015 (PDF); accessed on August 28, 2017.
- ^ Biography of Heslop-Harrison, pdf . 1920–1998, botanist, professor in Belfast, Birmingham, Madison, Wales, temporarily director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew
- ↑ https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/12898
