Hector Memorial Medal
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The Hector Memorial Medal (formerly known as the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize) is awarded annually for outstanding contribution to the advancement of the particular branch of science. It is awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand
in memory of Sir James Hector
. It is less prestigious than the government-funded Rutherford Medal, which is given for exceptional contributions to the advancement and promotion of public awareness, knowledge and understanding in addition to eminent research or technological practice by a person or group in any field of science, mathematics, social science, or technology
Royal Society of New Zealand
The Royal Society of New Zealand , known as the New Zealand Institute before 1933, was established in 1867 to co-ordinate and assist the activities of a number of regional research societies including the Auckland Institute, the Wellington Philosophical Society, the Philosophical Institute of...
in memory of Sir James Hector
James Hector
Sir James Hector was a Scottish geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist...
. It is less prestigious than the government-funded Rutherford Medal, which is given for exceptional contributions to the advancement and promotion of public awareness, knowledge and understanding in addition to eminent research or technological practice by a person or group in any field of science, mathematics, social science, or technology
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Leonard Cockayne Leonard Cockayne Leonard Cockayne FRS is regarded as New Zealand's greatest botanist and a founder of modern science in New Zealand.-Biography:He was born in Sheffield, England where he attended Wesley College... |
| 1915 | Patrick Marshall Patrick Marshall Dr. Patrick Marshall was a geologist who lived in New Zealand. For over forty years he was an outstanding figure among New Zealand scientists, and was well known to geologists in many lands as a very versatile and productive investigator. His research was also devoted to zoology... |
| 1916 | Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics... |
| 1917 | Charles Chilton Charles Chilton (zoologist) Charles Chilton was a New Zealand zoologist, the first rector to be appointed in Australasia, and the first person to be awarded a D.Sc. degree in New Zealand.-Biography:... |
| 1918 | Thomas Frederic Cheeseman Thomas Frederic Cheeseman Thomas Frederick Cheeseman was a New Zealand botanist and also a naturalist who had a wide-ranging interest in natural history, such that he even described a few species of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs.- Biography :... |
| 1919 | Philip Wilfred Robertson |
| 1920 | Stephenson Percy Smith Stephenson Percy Smith Stephenson Percy Smith was a New Zealand ethnologist and surveyor. He founded The Polynesian Society.-Early life and career as a surveyor :... |
| 1921 | Robert Speight |
| 1922 | Clinton Coleridge Farr |
| 1923 | George Vernon Hudson George Vernon Hudson George Vernon Hudson was an English-born New Zealand entomologist and astronomer.Born in London, Hudson was the sixth child of Charles Hudson, an artist and stained-glass window designer. By the age of 14 he had built up a collection of British insects, and had published a paper in The Entomologist... |
| 1924 | Donald Petrie |
| 1925 | Bernard Cracroft Aston |
| 1926 | Henry Devenish Skinner |
| 1927 | Charles Andrew Cotton |
| 1928 | Duncan MacLaren Young Sommerville Duncan MacLaren Young Sommerville Duncan MacLaren Young Sommerville was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer, best known for his work in multidimensional geometry... |
| 1929 | George Malcolm Thomson |
| 1930 | John Ernest Holloway |
| 1931 | William Percival Evans |
| 1932 | Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck) |
| 1933 | John Marwick John Marwick John Marwick MM was a New Zealand palaeontologist and geologist.John Marwick was born near Oamaru, New Zealand, on 3 February 1891, the son of Hugh Marwick, and his wife, Jane née Cuthbert. While at Waitaki Boys' High School he helped to collect fossil shells and learned the beginnings of how to... , William Noel Benson William Noel Benson William Noel Benson FRS FRGS was a research geologist and academic. After studying geology at the University of Sydney, Benson worked temporarily at the University of Adelaide before returning to Sydney as a demonstrator... |
| 1934 | Charles Ernest Weatherburn |
| 1935 | William Blaxland Benham |
| 1936 | Walter Reginald Brook Oliver |
| 1937 | John Reader Hosking |
| 1938 | Herbert William Williams Herbert William Williams The Rt Rev Herbert William Williams FRS was the 6th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu and a distinguished Māori scholar.... |
| 1939 | John Arthur Bartrum |
| 1940 | Donald Bannerman Macleod |
| 1941 | Harold John Finlay Harold John Finlay Harold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901.... |
| 1942 | Harry Howard Allan |
| 1943 | Lindsay Heathcote Briggs |
| 1944 | Johannes Carl Andersen |
| 1945 | John Henderson |
| 1946 | Henry George Forder |
| 1947 | Arthur William Baden Powell Arthur William Baden Powell Dr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at... |
| 1948 | Gordon Herriot Cunningham |
| 1949 | Robert Anthony Robinson |
| 1950 | Ernest Beaglehole Ernest Beaglehole Ernest Beaglehole was a New Zealand psychologist and ethnologist best known for his work in establishing an anthropological baseline for numerous Pacific Island cultures.-Early life and education:... |
| 1951 | Francis John Turner Francis John Turner Francis John Turner was a New Zealand geologist. He received his BSc and MSc from the Auckland University College... |
| 1952 | Keith Edward Bullen Keith Edward Bullen Keith Edward Bullen FRS was a New Zealand-born mathematician and geophysicist. He is noted for his seismological interpretation of the deep structure of the Earth's mantle and core... |
| 1953 | Lancelot Eric Richdale Lancelot Eric Richdale Dr Lancelot Eric Richdale OBE was a New Zealand teacher and notable amateur ornithologist. Born at Marton, New Zealand and educated at Wanganui, he became a teacher based in Dunedin after obtaining a diploma in 1922 from Hawkesbury Agricultural College near Sydney, Australia.Richdale's main... |
| 1954 | Lucy May Cranwell Smith |
| 1955 | Francis Brian Shorland |
| 1956 | Roger Shepherd Duff |
| 1957 | Harold William Wellman |
| 1958 | Alister George McLellan |
| 1959 | Howard Barraclough Fell |
| 1960 | Edward Edinborough Chamberlain |
| 1961 | Harry Bloom |
| 1962 | Ralph O'Reilly Piddington |
| 1963 | Charles Alexander Fleming |
| 1964 | Derek Frank Lawden |
| 1965 | Richard Kenneth Dell |
| 1966 | John Thorpe Holloway |
| 1967 | Richard Conrad Cambie |
| 1968 | Gilbert Edward Archey Gilbert Edward Archey Sir Gilbert Edward Archey, C.B.E. was a zoologist, ethnologist, World War I officer, and museum director from New Zealand. He wrote one of the major works on moas, based on his own field work and collection... |
| 1969 | Douglas Saxon Coombs |
| 1970 | Brian Garner Wybourne |
| 1971 | Ira James Cunningham Ira James Cunningham Ira James Cunningham was a New Zealand researcher in trace element nutrition and animal science. He is best remembered as a past president of the New Zealand Veterinary Association.-Early years:... |
| 1972 | Edward George Bollard |
| 1973 | Michael Philip Hartshorn |
| 1974 | Herbert Dudley Purves Herbert Dudley Purves Herbert Dudley Purves, CMG, ChB, MB, MSc, HonDSc, Fellow RSNZ, Fellow RACP was a New Zealand academic, chemist, mathematician, medical researcher and scientist.... |
| 1975 | Robert Cecil Hayes |
| 1976 | John Newton Dodd |
| 1977 | Campbell Stuart Wemyss Reid |
| 1978 | Richard Ellis Ford Matthews |
| 1979 | Leon Francis Phillips |
| 1980 | Graham Collingwood Liggins |
| 1981 | Trevor Hatherton |
| 1982 | Roy Patrick Kerr |
| 1983 | Raymond Robert Forster Raymond Robert Forster Raymond Robert Forster was a spider expert.He wrote his first paper on spiders at the age of 17. He studied at Victoria University... |
| 1984 | Roderick Leon Bieleski |
| 1985 | Peter Bernard David de la Mare |
| 1986 | Robin Wayne Carrell |
| 1987 | Albert James Ellis |
| 1988 | Daniel Frank Walls Daniel Frank Walls Daniel Walls was a theoretical physicist specialising in quantum optics.Dan Walls gained a BSc in physics and mathematics and a first class honours MSc in physics at the University of Auckland. He then went to Harvard as a Fulbright Scholar, obtaining his PhD in 1969, under Roy J. Glauber... |
| 1989 | Patricia Rose Bergquist |
| 1990 | Peter Wardle |
| 1991 | Warren Richard Roper |
| 1992 | Roger Curtis Green Roger Curtis Green Roger Curtis Green was an American born, New Zealand-based archaeologist, Professor Emeritus at The University of Auckland, and member of the National Academy of Sciences and Royal Society of New Zealand... |
| 1993 | Richard Irving Walcott |
| 1994 | Geoffrey Ernest Stedman |
| 1995 | Robert Dudley Jolly |
| 1996 | John Charles Butcher |
| 1997 | Edward Neil Baker |
| 1998 | Paul Terence Callaghan, Jeffery Lewis Tallon |
| 1999 | George Arthur Frederick Seber |
| 2000 | No award |
| 2001 | Peter Adolf Schwerdtfeger |
| 2003 | Kenneth John Dallas MacKenzie |
| 2005 | Ian Hugh Witten |
| 2006 | Richard Furneaux |
| 2007 | Timothy George Haskell |
| 2008 | Gaven Martin |