Linnaeus Medal
The Linnean Medal (Linnean Medal) of the Linnean Society of London is an award presented by this company to deserving scientists. It has been awarded since 1888, the company's 100th anniversary year. The Linné Medal is the highest distinction given by the Linnean Society of London. It is awarded alternately to a botanist and a zoologist each year, or to a botanist and a zoologist in the same year, which has been common practice since 1958.
Until 1976 the medal was made of gold . On one side there is a portrait of Carl von Linné with the inscription "CAROLUS LINNÆUS"; on the other side of the medal are the inscription “SOCIETAS LINNÆANA OPTIME MERENTI” (formerly “LINNÆENSIS” instead of “LINNÆANA”) as well as the year of award and the name of the scientist honored.
Winner of the award
19th century
- 1888: Joseph Dalton Hooker and Richard Owen
- 1889: Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle
- 1890: Thomas Henry Huxley
- 1891: Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
- 1892: Alfred Russel Wallace
- 1893: Daniel Oliver
- 1894: Ernst Haeckel
- 1895: Ferdinand Julius Cohn
- 1896: George James Allman
- 1897: Jacob Georg Agardh
- 1898: George Charles Wallich
- 1899: John Gilbert Baker
- 1900: Alfred Newton
20th century
- 1901: George King
- 1902: Albert von Kölliker
- 1903: Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
- 1904: Albert Günther
- 1905: Eduard Strasburger
- 1906: Alfred Merle Norman
- 1907: Melchior Treub
- 1908: Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
- 1909: Frederick Orpen Bower
- 1910: Georg Ossian Sars
- 1911: Hermann Graf zu Solms-Laubach
- 1912: Robert Perkins
- 1913: Adolf Engler
- 1914: Otto Bütschli
- 1915: Joseph Henry Maiden
- 1916: Frank Evers Beddard
- 1917: Henry Brougham Guppy
- 1918: Frederick DuCane Godman
- 1919: Isaac Bayley Balfour
- 1920: Ray Lankester
- 1921: Dukinfield Henry Scott
- 1922: Edward Bagnall Poulton
- 1923: Thomas Frederic Cheeseman
- 1924: William Carmichael McIntosh
- 1925: Francis Wall Oliver
- 1926: Edgar Johnson Allen
- 1927: Otto Stapf
- 1928: Edmund B. Wilson
- 1929: Hugo de Vries
- 1930: James Peter Hill
- 1931: Karl Ritter von Goebel
- 1932: Edwin Stephen Goodrich
- 1933: Robert Chodat
- 1934: Sidney Frederic Harmer
- 1935: David Prain
- 1936: John Stanley Gardiner
- 1937: Frederick Blackman
- 1938: D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
- 1939: Elmer Drew Merrill
- 1940: Arthur Smith Woodward
- 1941: Arthur George Tansley
- 1942–1945: Award suspended
- 1946: William Thomas Calman and Frederick Ernest Weiss
- 1947: Maurice Caullery
- 1948: Agnes Arber
- 1949: David Meredith Seares Watson
- 1950: Henry Nicholas Ridley
- 1951: Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen
- 1952: Isaac Henry Burkill
- 1953: Patrick Alfred Buxton
- 1954: Felix Eugen Fritsch
- 1955: John Graham Kerr
- 1956: William Henry Lang
- 1957: Erik Stensiö
- 1958: Gavin Rylands de Beer and William Bertram Turrill
- 1959: HM Fox and Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg
- 1960: Libbie Henrietta Hyman and Hugh Hamshaw Thomas
- 1961: Edmund Mason and Sir Frederick Stratten Russell
- 1962: Norman Bor and George Gaylord Simpson
- 1963: Sidnie Manton and William Pearsall
- 1964: Richard Eric Holttum and Carl Frederick Abel Pantin
- 1965: John Hutchinson and John Ramsbottom
- 1966: George Stuart Carter and Harry Godwin
- 1967: Charles Sutherland Elton and Charles Edward Hubbard
- 1968: A. Gragan and Tom Harris
- 1969: Irene Manton and Ethelwyn Trewavas
- 1970: Edred John Henry Corner and Errol White
- 1971: Charles Russell Metcalfe and James E. Smith
- 1972: AR Clapham and Alfred Romer
- 1973: George Ledyard Stebbins and John Zachary Young
- 1974: Willi Hennig and Josias Braun-Blanquet
- 1975: Alexander Watt and Philip M. Sheppard
- 1976: William Thomas Stearn
- 1977: Ernst Mayr and Thomas Tutin
- 1978: Olav Hedberg and Thomas Stanley Westoll
- 1979: R. McN. Alexander and Paul Richards
- 1980: Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth and Roy Crowson
- 1981: Brian Burtt and Cyril Astley Clarke
- 1982: PH Davis and Peter Greenwood
- 1983: Cecil Ingold and MJD White
- 1984: John Hawkes and John Stodart Kennedy
- 1985: Arthur Cain and Jeffrey B. Harborne
- 1986: Arthur John Cronquist and Percy Garnham
- 1987: Geoffrey Fryer and Vernon Heywood
- 1988: John Harley and Richard Southward
- 1989: William D. Hamilton and David Smith
- 1990: Ghillean Tolmie Prance and F. Gwendolen Rees
- 1991: William Chaloner and Robert May
- 1992: Richard Evans Schultes and Stephen Jay Gould
- 1993: Barbara Pickersgill and Lincoln Brower
- 1994: FE Round and Alec John Jeffreys
- 1995: S. Max Walters and John Maynard Smith
- 1996: John Heslop-Harrison and Keith Vickerman
- 1997: Enrico Coen and Rosemary Helen Lowe-McConnell
- 1998: Mark Chase and Colin Patterson
- 1999: Philip Tomlinson and Q. Bone
- 2000: Bernard Verdcourt and Michael Claridge
21st century
- 2001: Christopher Humphries and Gareth Nelson
- 2002: Sherwin Carlquist and William Kennedy
- 2003: Pieter Baas and Bryan Campbell Clarke
- 2004: Geoffrey Allen Boxshall and John Dransfield
- 2005: Paula Rudall and Andrew Smith
- 2006: David John Mabberley and Richard Fortey
- 2007: Phil Cribb and Thomas Cavalier-Smith
- 2008: Jeffrey Duckett and Stephen Donovan
- 2009: Peter Ashton and Michael Akam
- 2010: Dianne Edwards and Derek Yalden
- 2011: Brian Coppins and Charles Godfray
- 2012: Stephen Blackmore and Peter Holland
- 2013: Kingsley Wayne Dixon
- 2014: Niels Kristensen and Walter Lack
- 2015: Engkik Soepadmo , Claus Nielsen and Rosmarie Honegger
- 2016: Sandra Knapp (botany), Georgina Mace (zoology)
- 2017: Charlie Jarvis (botany), David Rollinson (zoology)
- 2018: Kamaljit Bawa , Jeremy Holloway , Sophien Kamoun
- 2019: Vicki Funk , Samuel Turvey
- 2020: Ben Sheldon , Kayla King
Individual evidence
- ^ Professors King and Sheldon recognized by The Linnean Society. In: zoo.ox.ac.uk. May 22, 2020, accessed on May 25, 2020 .
Web links
- The Linnean Medal at the Linnean Society of London
- Further medals on Carl von Linné in a virtual exhibition in the Münzkabinett of Uppsala University