Lapworth Medal
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The Lapworth Medal is the highest award of the Palaeontological Association
, given to those who have made a significant contribution to the science by means of a substantial body of research.
Recent winners are:
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, given to those who have made a significant contribution to the science by means of a substantial body of research.
Recent winners are:
- 2010 - Dr Robin Cocks
- 2009 - Prof. Bruce Runnegar
- 2008 - Prof. Charles HollandCharles Hepworth HollandCharles Hepworth Holland is a British geologist, Emeritus Fellow and former Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College, Dublin.-Career:...
- 2007 - Prof. Tony HallamAnthony HallamProfessor Anthony Hallam , aka Tony Hallam, is a British geologist, palaeontologist and writer. His research interests concentrate on the Jurassic Period, with particular reference to stratigraphy, sea level changes and palaeontology...
- 2006 - Prof. Dolf SeilacherAdolf SeilacherAdolf "Dolf" Seilacher is a German palaeontologist who has made major contributions to evolutionary and ecological palaeobiology in a career stretching over 60 years. He won the Crafoord Prize in 1992, the Paleontological Society Medal in 1994 and the Palaeontological Association's Lapworth Medal...
- 2005 - Prof. William ChalonerWilliam Gilbert ChalonerProfessor William Gilbert Chaloner FRS is a distinguished British paleobotanist. He is Emeritus Professor of Botany in the Earth Sciences Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Visiting Professor in Earth Sciences at University College, London.-Life:Chaloner was born in Chelsea,...
FRS - 2004 - Prof. James Valentine
- 2002 - Prof. Sir Alwyn WilliamsAlwyn Williams (geologist)Sir Alwyn Williams Kt, FRS, FRSE, MRIA, FGS was a Welsh geologist, who was Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1976 to 1988, and President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1985 to 1988.-Early life:...
FRS - 2000 - Prof. Harry WhittingtonHarry WhittingtonHarry M. Whittington is an American lawyer, real estate investor, and political figure from Austin, Texas who received international media attention on February 11, 2006, when he was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney while hunting quail with two women on a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas, near...
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