Frink Medal
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The Frink Medal for British Zoologists is awarded by the Zoological Society of London
"For significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology in the wider applications."
Prior to 1990, the winners of the award included:
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"For significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology in the wider applications."
Recipients
The following is a list of Frink Medal recipients.- 2010 Ziheng YangZiheng YangZiheng Yang FRS is a Chinese biologist, and R A Fisher Chair of Statistical Genetics, at University College London, and Professor since 2001...
- 2009 Charles GodfrayCharles GodfrayHugh Charles Jonathan Godfray CBE FRS is a British zoologist. He is Hope Professor of Zoology at Jesus College, Oxford.-Life:...
- 2008 Christopher Stringer
- 2007 Thomas Cavalier-SmithThomas Cavalier-SmithProfessor Thomas Cavalier-Smith , FRS, FRSC, NERC Professorial Fellow, is a Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Zoology, at the University of Oxford...
- 2006 Brian CharlesworthBrian CharlesworthProfessor Brian Charlesworth FRS is a British evolutionary biologist at the University of Edinburgh, and editor of Biology Letters....
- 2005 Geoff ParkerGeoff ParkerProfessor Geoffrey Alan Parker FRS is a Derby professor of biology at the University of Liverpool.He has a particular interest in behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology, and is most noted for introducing the concept of sperm competition in 1970.Much of his work from the 1970s onwards has...
- 2004 Malcolm BurrowsMalcolm BurrowsMalcolm Burrows FRS is a British zoologist, and emeritus professor of zoology at University of Cambridge.He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge.He studied with Adrian Horridge at the Gatty Marine Laboratory....
- 2003 Quentin BoneQuentin BoneQuentin Bone FRS is a British marine biologist. He won the 2003 Frink Medal from the Zoological Society of London.-Works:; Taylor & Francis, with R Moore, 2007, ISBN 9780415375627...
- 2002 Michael P. Hassell
- 2001 Nick Davies
- 2000 Richard ForteyRichard ForteyRichard A. Fortey FRS is a British palaeontologist and writer.-Career:Richard Fortey studied geology at the University of Cambridge and had a long career as a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London. Prof. Fortey’s research interests include, above all, trilobites...
- 1999 Linda PartridgeLinda PartridgeDame Linda Partridge DBE is a British geneticist, who studies the biology and genetics of ageing and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease....
- 1998 John H. Lawton
- 1997 T. H. Clutton-Brock
- 1996 J. R. Krebs
- 1995 Robert May, Baron May of OxfordRobert May, Baron May of OxfordRobert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford, OM, AC, PRS is an Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, President of the Royal Society, and a Professor at Sydney and Princeton. He now holds joint professorships at Oxford, and Imperial College London...
- 1994 M. F. Land
- 1993 R. M. Anderson
- 1992 B. K. Follett
- 1991 R. A. Hinde
- 1990 John Maynard SmithJohn Maynard SmithJohn Maynard Smith,His surname was Maynard Smith, not Smith, nor was it hyphenated. F.R.S. was a British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J.B.S....
Prior to 1990, the winners of the award included:
- W. D. HamiltonW. D. HamiltonWilliam Donald Hamilton FRS was a British evolutionary biologist, widely recognised as one of the greatest evolutionary theorists of the 20th century....
- Arthur CainArthur CainArthur James Cain FRS was a British evolutionary biologist and ecologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989.- Life :...
- William Homan ThorpeWilliam Homan ThorpeWilliam Homan Thorpe FRS was Professor of Animal Ethology at the University of Cambridge, and a significant British zoologist, ethologist and ornithologist....
- V. C. Wynne-Edwards
- Vincent WigglesworthVincent WigglesworthSir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth FRS was a British entomologist who made significant contributions to the field of insect physiology.In particular, he studied metamorphosis...
- Sidnie MantonSidnie MantonSidnie Milana Manton, FRS was a British entomologist.-Early life:Sidnie Milana Manton was born in Kensington, London the daughter of a dentist. Her sister was Irene Manton , a botanist, She was educated in Kensington and at St...
- John Zachary YoungJohn Zachary YoungJohn Zachary Young FRS , generally known as "JZ" or "JZY", was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century .....
- Julian HuxleyJulian HuxleySir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century evolutionary synthesis...
- Geoffrey Fryer