Edgeworth David Medal

The Edgeworth David Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Society of New South Wales for distinguished contributions by a young scientist under the age of 35 years for work done predominantly in Australia or which contributed to the advancement of Australian science.[1][2][3][4]

It was first awarded in 1949 and is named after the pioneering geologist Sir Edgeworth David, FRS.

Recipients

Source: RSNSW

Year Laureates Discipline
1948 Ronald Gordon Giovanelli
E. Ritchie 		Astrophysics
Organic Chemistry
1949 Temple B. Kiely Plant Pathology
1950 Ronald Murray Berndt & Catherine H. Berndt[5] Anthropology
1951 John Gatenby BoltonRadio Astronomy
1952 Alan Buchanan Wardrop Botany
1954 Eric Stephen BarnesMathematics
1955 Hugh Bryan Spencer Womersley[6] Botany
1956 John Maxwell Cowley Chemical Physics
1957 John Maxwell Cowley
John Paul Wild 		Chemical Physics
Radio Astronomy
1958 Paul Ivan Korner Physiology
1960 Ronald Drayton Brown [7]Chemistry
1961 Ralph Owen Slatyer[8]Climatology
1962 Ray F. Isbell Soil Science
1963 Neville Horner Fletcher Physics
1964 Mollie Elizabeth Holman Physiology
1965 John L. Dillon Agricultural Economics
1966 Roger Ian Tanner Mechanical Engineering
1967 David Headley Green[9]
William James Peacock 		Geology
Botany
1968 Robert McCredie May[10] Physics
1969 Barry W. Ninham Physics
1970 A. David Buckingham Inorganic Chemistry
1971 William Francis Budd Glaciology
1972 Donald Harold Napper[11]
J. Stone 		Physical Chemistry
Physiology
1973 Charles Barry Osmond Plant Biology
1974 Allan Whitenack Snyder[12] Physics
1975 F. John Ballard Biochemistry
1976 Ross Howard Street Mathematics
1977 Robert Anthony Antonia Mechanical Engineering
1978 T.W. Cole
Michael G. Clark 		Astronomy
Physiology
1979 Graham Clifford GoodwinElectrical Engineering
1980 Michael Anthony Etheridge Geology
1981 Martin Andrew Green Applied Physics
1982 Nhan Phan-Thien[13] Mechanics
1983 Denis Wakefield Ocular Immunology
1984 Alan James Husband Pathology
1985 Simon Charles Gandevia
Brian James Morris[14] 		Clinical Neurophysiology
Molecular Biology
1986 Leslie David Field
Peter Gavin Hall 		Chemistry
Statistics
1987 Andrew Cockburn[15]Zoology
1988 Peter Andrew Lay Inorganic Chemistry
1989 Trevor William Hambley[16] Chemistry
1990 Timothy Fridjof Flannery[17]Taxonomy & Phylogeny – Macropodidea
1991 Mark Harvey Taxonomy – Invertebrates
1992 Peter James Goadsby
Keith Alexander Nugent[18] 		Neurophysiology
Optics
1993 John Skerritt Agriculture (Genetics)
1994 Richard Hume Middleton[19] Electrical Engineering
1995 Anthony Bruce Murphy Physics
1996 Peter Alexander Robinson Physics
1997 Albert Zomaya[20] Mathematics
1998 Not awarded
1999 Merlin Crossley[21] Molecular Biology
2000 Michael Coon Yoong LeeZoology
2001 Samantha Richardson Evolution
2002 Marcella Bilek Physics
2003 Stuart Robert BattenChemistry
2004 Cameron Kepert Chemistry
2005 Christopher Barner-Kowollik Chemistry
2006 Barry Brook[22] Environmental Science
2007 Stuart Wyithe Astrophysics
2008 Adam Micolich[23] Physics
2009 Nagarajan Valanoor Materials Science
2010 Angela Moles[24] Botany
2011 Trent Woodruff[25] Pharmacology
2012 Joanne Whittaker[26] Geophysics
2013 David Wilson[27] Mathematics and Public Health

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Edgeworth David Medal". Royal Society of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Edgeworth David Medal". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. ↑ The Australian Journal of Science. 28–29. p. 20.
  4. ↑ The Australian Physicist. 26.
  5. ↑ Tomkinson, Robert. Going it Alone?: Prospects for Aboriginal Autonomy. p. 24.
  6. ↑ "Obituary-HBS Womersley (1922–2011)". Taylor Francis Online. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  7. ↑ The International Who's Who 2004. p. 232.
  8. ↑ publications, Europa. The International Who's Who 2004. p. 1568.
  9. ↑ "Green, D. H. (David Headley)". Trove. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  10. ↑ The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2001. p. 514.
  11. ↑ "Napper, Donald Harold, FAA, FRACI (1937–)". trove. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Snyder, Allan Whitenack (1940 – )". Encyclopaedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "Academic Staff Profile-Nhan Phan-Thien". NUS Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "About the Author – Professor Emeritus Brian J. Morris". www.circinfo.net. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Edgeworth David Medal for Zoology". Australian National University. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Trevor Hambley". The Conversation. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  17. ↑ Flannery, Tim. The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples. p. preface.
  18. ↑ "Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)". La Trobe University. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "R. Middleton". Automatica (Elsevier). Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  20. ↑ Olanu, Stephan. Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications. p. editors.
  21. ↑ "Professor Merlin Crossley, Trustee". Australian Museum. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "Climate change professor wins science prize". University of Adelaide. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "Adam Micolich wins Edgeworth David Medal". UNSW Australia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "Angela Moles". TED Sydnsy. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "Award for young scientist for work in new immune field". University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "2012 Edgeworth David Medal awarded to Dr Jo Whittaker". earthbyte. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  27. ↑ "Professor David Wilson". Burnet Institute. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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