Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal
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Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal is an award presented by the National Academy of Sciences
every five years to promote research and study in the fields of Precambrian
and Cambrian
life and history. The medal was established and endowed in 1934 by the Walcott Fund, a gift of Mary Vaux Walcott
, in honor of paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott
(1850-1927).
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
every five years to promote research and study in the fields of Precambrian
Precambrian
The Precambrian is the name which describes the large span of time in Earth's history before the current Phanerozoic Eon, and is a Supereon divided into several eons of the geologic time scale...
and Cambrian
Cambrian
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, lasting from Mya ; it is succeeded by the Ordovician. Its subdivisions, and indeed its base, are somewhat in flux. The period was established by Adam Sedgwick, who named it after Cambria, the Latin name for Wales, where Britain's...
life and history. The medal was established and endowed in 1934 by the Walcott Fund, a gift of Mary Vaux Walcott
Mary Vaux Walcott
Mary Morris Vaux Walcott was an American artist and naturalist known for her watercolor paintings of wildflowers....
, in honor of paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott was an American invertebrate paleontologist. He became known for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada.-Early life:...
(1850-1927).
Medalists
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Preston Cloud Preston Ercelle Cloud, Jr. was an American paleontologist, geographer, and professor. He was best-known for his work on the geologic time scale and the origin of life on Earth.-Early life:... Martin Glaessner Martin Fritz Glaessner AM was a geologist and palaeontologist. Born and educated in Austro-Hungarian Empire, he spent the majority of his life in working for oil companies in Russia, and studying the geology of the South Pacific in Australia... Andrew H. Knoll Andrew H. Knoll is the Fisher Professor of Natural History and a Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. He is best known for his work on Precambrian microfossils and using stable isotopes for stratigraphic correlation, but has longstanding interests in geobiology,... and Simon Conway Morris Simon Conway Morris Simon Conway Morris FRS is an English paleontologist made known by his detailed and careful study of the Burgess Shale fossils, an exploit celebrated in Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould... Mikhail A. Fedonkin Dr. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Fedonkin is an awarding winning paleontologist specializing in documentation of the earliest animals' body fossils, tracks, and trails. He was the first to describe several fossils including Hiemalora, Onega stepanovi, and Nimbia occlusa.Fedonkin is fluent in English and... Hans J. Hofmann Hans J. Hofmann was an award winning paleontologist, specializing in the study of Precambrian fossils using computer modelling and image analysis to quantify morphologic attributes.... |