Murchison Medal

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geology award scientific award

The Murchison Medal is a prestigious geological award recognizing outstanding contributions to the science of geology, particularly in hard rock studies.

Aliases (1)

Murchison Award ×2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geology award → scientific award →
administeredBy	Geological Society of London →
associatedWith	Geological Society awards →
awardedFor	contributions to hard rock studies → outstanding contributions to geology →
awardedTo	individual scientists →
awardFrequency	annual →
awardingOrganizationType	learned society →
country	United Kingdom →
discipline	Earth sciences →
field	geology →
genre	academic award →
hasAwardCategory	hard rock geology →
hasNotableRecipient	Archibald Geikie → Arthur Holmes → Bernard E. Leake → Charles Lapworth → Charles Lyell → Dan McKenzie → George Barrow → Henry Clifton Sorby → Ian G. Gass → J. Tuzo Wilson → Janet Watson → John F. Dewey → Keith Runcorn → Norman L. Bowen → O. T. Jones → Ronald Oxburgh → W. Q. Kennedy →
hasRelatedAward	Lyell Medal → William Smith Fund → Wollaston Medal →
inception	1873 →
languageOfAwardingBody	English →
namedAfter	Roderick Impey Murchison →
namedForNationality	Scottish →
namedForOccupation	geologist →
presentedBy	Geological Society of London →
primaryFocus	hard rock geology →
scope	international →
secondaryFocus	petrology → structural geology → tectonics →
status	active →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Holmes → Charles Lapworth → Fridtjof Nansen ("Murchison Award") → Owen Thomas Jones →	awardReceived
Geological Society of London → Royal Geographical Society ("Murchison Award") →	awards
Geological Society of London awards →	hasPart