Wollaston Medal

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geology award scientific award

The Wollaston Medal is the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of geology.

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medal of the Geological Society of London 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geology award ⓘ
scientific award ⓘ
awardedBy Geological Society of London ⓘ
surface form: Council of the Geological Society of London
awardFor outstanding contributions to geology ⓘ
awardFrequency annual ⓘ
awardingBodyField earth sciences ⓘ
awardingBodyFoundedIn 1807 ⓘ
awardingBodyInstanceOf learned society ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
field geology ⓘ
firstAwarded 1831 ⓘ
firstRecipient William Smith ⓘ
hasCategory British science and technology awards ⓘ
Geological Society of London awards ⓘ
awards established in 1831 ⓘ
hasLanguageOfAwardingBody English ⓘ
hasMaterial gold ⓘ
palladium ⓘ
platinum ⓘ
silver ⓘ
inception 1831 ⓘ
isHighestAwardOf Geological Society of London ⓘ
isPartOf honours and awards in geology ⓘ
locationOfAwardingBody London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
namedAfter William Hyde Wollaston ⓘ
namedAfterNationality English ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation chemist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
notableRecipient Adam Sedgwick ⓘ
Archibald Geikie ⓘ
Arthur Holmes ⓘ
Charles Darwin ⓘ
Charles Lyell ⓘ
Dan Peter McKenzie ⓘ
Harry Hammond Hess ⓘ
J. Tuzo Wilson ⓘ
Janet Vida Watson ⓘ
Louis Agassiz ⓘ
Roderick Murchison ⓘ
Xiaogang (Marshall) Kay ⓘ
presentedBy Geological Society of London ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Arthur Holmes → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Charles Lapworth → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Charles Lyell → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Grove Karl Gilbert → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry Fielding Reid
James Lovelock → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Joseph Prestwich → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Louis Agassiz → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Owen Thomas Jones → awardReceived → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Geological Society of London → awards → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
Coke Medal → hasAwardType → Wollaston Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: medal of the Geological Society of London
Murchison Medal → hasRelatedAward → Wollaston Medal ⓘ