Clarke Medal

The Clarke Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales (Australia) for distinguished work in the Natural sciences.

Named in honour of the Reverend William Branwhite Clarke, one of the founders of the Society. The medal was to be "awarded for meritorious contributions to Geology, Mineralogy and Natural History of Australasia, to be open to men of science, whether resident in Australasia or elsewhere".

The Medal is now awarded annually for distinguished work in the Natural Sciences (geology, botany and zoology) done in the Australian Commonwealth and its territories. Each discipline is considered every three years.

Recipients

• 1878: Richard Owen (Zoology)
• 1879: George Bentham (Botany)
• 1880: Thomas Huxley (Palaeontology)
• 1881: Frederick McCoy (Palaeontology)
• 1882: James Dwight Dana (Geology)
• 1883: Ferdinand von Mueller (Botany)
• 1884: Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn (Geology)
• 1885: Joseph Dalton Hooker (Botany)
• 1886: Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck (Palaeontology)
• 1887: Sir James Hector (Geology)
• 1888: Julian Tenison Woods (Geology)
• 1889: Robert L. J. Ellery (Astronomy)
• 1890: George Bennett (Zoology)
• 1891: Frederick Wollaston Hutton (Geology)
• 1892: William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (Botany)
• 1893: Ralph Tate (Botany and Geology)
• 1895: Joint Award: Robert Logan Jack (Geology) and Robert Etheridge, Jr. (Palaeontology)
• 1896: Augustus Gregory (Exploration)
• 1900: John Murray (Oceanography)
• 1901: Edward John Eyre (Exploration)
• 1902: Frederick Manson Bailey (Botany)
• 1903: Alfred William Howitt (Anthropology)
• 1907: Walter Howchin (Geology)
• 1909: Walter Roth (Anthropology)
• 1912: William Harper Twelvetrees (Geology)
• 1914: Arthur Smith Woodward (Palaeontology)
• 1915: William Aitcheson Haswell (Zoology)
• 1917: Edgeworth David (Zoology)
• 1918: Leonard Rodway (Botany)
• 1920: Joseph Edmund Carne (Geology)
• 1921: Joseph James Fletcher (Biology)
• 1922: Richard Thomas Baker (Botany)
• 1923: Walter Baldwin Spencer (Anthropology)
• 1924: Joseph Maiden (Botany)
• 1925: Charles Hedley (Biology)
• 1927: Andrew Gibb Maitland (Geology)
• 1928: Ernest Clayton Andrews (Geology)
• 1929: Ernest Willington Skeats (Geology)
• 1930: Leonard Keith Ward (Geology)
• 1931: Robert John Tillyard (Entomology)
• 1932: Frederick Chapman (Palaeontology)
• 1933: Walter George Woolnough (Geology)
• 1934: Edward Sydney Simpson (Mineralogy)
• 1935: G. W. Card (Geology)
• 1936: Douglas Mawson (Geology)
• 1937: John Thomas Jutson (Geology)
• 1938: Henry Caselli Richards (Geology)
• 1939: Carl Süssmilch (Geology)
• 1941: Frederic Wood Jones (Zoology)
• 1942: William Rowan Browne (Geology)
• 1943: Walter Lawry Waterhouse (Botany)
• 1944: Wilfred Eade Agar (Zoology)
• 1945: William Noel Benson (Geology)
• 1946: John McConnell Black (Botany)
• 1947: Hubert Lyman Clark (Zoology)
• 1948: Arthur Bache Walkom (Palaeobotany)
• 1949: Herman Rupp (Botany)
• 1950: Ian Murray Mackerras (Zoology)
• 1951: Frank Leslie Stillwell (Geology)
• 1952: Joseph Garnett Wood (Botany)
• 1953: Alexander John Nicholson (Entomology)
• 1954: Edward de Courcy Clarke[1] (Geology)
• 1955: Rutherford Ness Robertson[2] (Botany)
• 1956: Oscar Werner Tiegs (Zoology)
• 1957: Irene Crespin (Geology)
• 1958: Theodore G. B. Osborn[3] (Botany)
• 1959: Tom Iredale (Zoology)
• 1960: Austin Burton Edwards[4] (Geology)
• 1961: Charles Austin Gardner[5] (Botany)
• 1962: Horace Waring[6] (Zoology)
• 1963: G. A. Joplin (Geology)
• 1964: Joyce Winifred Vickery (Botany)
• 1965: M. J. Mackerras (Zoology)
• 1966: D. Hill (Geology)
• 1967: S. Smith White (Botany)
• 1968: H. G. Andrewartha (Zoology)
• 1969: S. W. Carey (Geology)
• 1970: Gilbert Percy Whitley (Zoology)
• 1971: Nancy Tyson Burbidge (Botany)
• 1972: H. King (Geology)
• 1973: Marshall Hatch (Botany)
• 1974: C. H. Tyndale-Biscoe
• 1975: J. N. Jennings (Geography)
• 1976: Lilian R. Fraser
• 1977: A. Trendall (Geology)
• 1978: D. T. Anderson
• 1979: Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson
• 1981: W. Stephenson
• 1982: Noel Charles William Beadle[7] (Botany)
• 1983: K. A. W. Crook (Geology)
• 1984: Michael Archer (Palaeontology)
• 1985: H. B. S. Womersley
• 1986: David J. Groves (Geology)
• 1987: Anthony James Underwood
• 1988: Barry Garth Rolfe
• 1989: John Roberts (Geology)
• 1990: Barrie Gillen Molyneux Jamieson (Zoology)
• 1991: Shirley Winifred Jeffrey (Biology/Botany)
• 1992: Alfred Edward Ringwood (Geology)
• 1993: Gordon C. Grigg (Zoology)
• 1994: Joint award: Craig Anthony Atkins and Barbara Gillian Briggs (Botany)
• 1995: Christopher McAuley Powell (Geology)
• 1996: Klaus Rohde (Zoology)
• 1997: Charles Barry Osmond (Botany)
• 1998: Richard Limon Stanton (Geology)
• 1999: Richard Shine (Zoology)
• 2000: Sarah Elizabeth Smith (Agriculture)
• 2001: Gordon H. Packham (Geology)
• 2002: Robert Hill (Botany)
• 2003: Lesley Joy Rogers (Zoology)
• 2004: Ian Plimer (Geology)
• 2005: Mark Westoby (Botany)
• 2006: Anthony Hulbert (Zoology)
• 2007: Suzanne O'Reilly (Geology)
• 2008: Bradley Potts (Botany)
• 2009: Winston F. Ponder (Zoology)
• 2010: Kenton Campbell (Geology)

References

• Clarke Medal at Royal Society of New South Wales.