Darwin Medal

The Darwin Medal (English Darwin Medal ) is awarded one of the UK's Royal Society prize for scientists who have made important contributions in the field of biology. It was named after the British naturalist and co-founder of evolutionary theory Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and is endowed with prize money of £ 1,000.

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The medal itself is on one side an image of Charles Darwin, on the other hand, the word " CAROLVS DARWIN ". The Darwin Medal is awarded to a scientist since 1890 every two years. 1982 and 2002, the medal was awarded to each one together research-based couple.

Support the award

The following table shows the support of the loaned since the beginning of 1890 award are listed in full. In the "Reason " column of the original English text and a German translation of the justification text are noted.

Others

The Leopoldina, in which Charles Darwin was a member, awarded in 1959 for the 100th anniversary of the publication of his work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Darwin a plaque at 18 evolutionary biologists and geneticists. The Linnean Society of London awarded in 1958 for the same reason 20 Silver Darwin - Wallace medals to 20 scientists.

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