Linnean Medal

The Linnean Medal ( Linnean Medal ) of the Linnean Society of London is an award presented by this society to deserving scientists. It is since 1888, the 100th anniversary year of the Company, forgive. The Linnean Medal is the highest award presented by the Linnean Society of London. It is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist, or even to each botanist and zoologist in the same year, which is a common practice since 1958.

Until 1976, was awarded the medal of gold, which is why it is also called the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society. On one side is a portrait of Carolus Linnaeus with the inscription " Carolus Linnaeus " mapped; on the other side of the coin the inscription " SOCIETAS Linnaeana OPTIME MERENTI " are ( used to be " LINNÆENSIS " instead of " Linnaeana " ) as well as the award year and the name of the scientist acknowledged attached.

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  • 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 J. Mabberley and Richard Fortey
  • 2007: Phil Cribb and Thomas Cavalier- Smith
  • 2008: Jeffrey Donovan and Stephen Duckett
  • 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
Botany Joseph Dalton Hooker Richard Owen Thomas Henry Huxley Daniel Oliver George Allman (natural historian) Jacob Georg Agardh George Charles Wallich John Gilbert Baker Alfred Newton Eduard Strasburger Melchior Treub Frederick Orpen Bower Georg Ossian Sars Hermann zu Solms-Laubach Adolf Engler Joseph Maiden Frederick DuCane Godman Dukinfield Henry Scott Thomas Frederic Cheeseman William M'Intosh Otto Stapf Edmund Beecher Wilson Hugo de Vries Edwin Stephen Goodrich David Prain Frederick Blackman Elmer Drew Merrill Arthur Tansley Maurice Caullery Agnes Arber Henry Nicholas Ridley John Graham Kerr William Bertram Turrill Carl Skottsberg Libbie Hyman Hugh Hamshaw Thomas John Hutchinson (botanist) James E. Smith (engineer) Alfred Romer Willi Hennig William T. Stearn Ernst Mayr Richard Evans Schultes John Maynard Smith Jack Heslop-Harrison Andrew Smith (zoologist) Peter Shaw Ashton
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