Lyell_Medal Knowpia

The Lyell Medal is a prestigious annual scientific medal given by the Geological Society of London, equal in status to the Murchison Medal. This medal is awarded based on one Earth Scientist's exceptional contribution of research to the scientific community. It is named after Charles Lyell.

Lyell Medalists edit

Source: Geological Society

19th century edit

20th century edit

21st century edit

2001 Paul Tapponnier
2002 Andrew Smith
2003 Harry Elderfield
2004 Dianne Edwards
2005 Michael James Benton
2006 Geoffrey Boulton
2007 Phillip Allen
2008 Alan Gilbert Smith
2009 Nick McCave
2010 William Ruddiman
2011 Christopher Paola
2012 Eric Wolff
2013 Paula Reimer
2014 Martin Brasier
2015 Colin Ballantyne
2016 John R. Underhill^[4]
2017 Rosalind Rickaby
2018 Julian A. Dowdeswell
2019 Nicholas Kusznir
2020 Rachel Wood
2021 Nicholas White
2022 William B. F. Ryan
2023 Peter Clift

References edit

^ "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36070. London. 20 February 1900. p. 5.
^ "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36974. London. 10 January 1903. p. 6.
^ Mary R. S. Creese, ‘Reid , Eleanor Mary (1860–1953)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 accessed 6 October 2015
^ The Geological Society website list of winners, Retrieved 28 March 2016

External links edit

The Geological Society website list of winners

[1] "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36070. London. 20 February 1900. p. 5.

[2] "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36974. London. 10 January 1903. p. 6.

[odnb-3] Mary R. S. Creese, ‘Reid , Eleanor Mary (1860–1953)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 accessed 6 October 2015

[4] The Geological Society website list of winners, Retrieved 28 March 2016

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