Darwin–Wallace Medal

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medal scientific award

The Darwin–Wallace Medal is a prestigious scientific award given by the Linnean Society of London to recognize exceptional contributions to the field of evolutionary biology.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medal → scientific award →
associatedWith	history of evolutionary biology → theory of evolution by natural selection →
awardedFor	outstanding contributions to evolutionary biology →
awardingBody	Linnean Society of London →
commemorates	50th anniversary of the joint Darwin–Wallace 1858 evolution papers →
commemorativeEvent	Darwin–Wallace joint presentation on natural selection in 1858 →
country	United Kingdom →
discipline	biology →
field	evolutionary biology →
firstAwarded	1908 →
frequency	every 50 years (originally) → every year (since 2010) →
hasAwardType	medal →
inception	1908 →
isPrestigious	true →
languageOfName	English →
locationOfAwarding	London, England → surface form: "London"
namedAfter	Alfred Russel Wallace → Charles Darwin →
notableRecipient	Brian Charlesworth → Brian Hall → Edward O. Wilson → Ernst Mayr → George C. Williams → George Gaylord Simpson → surface form: "Georgy G. Simpson" Godfrey Hewitt → J. B. S. Haldane → James F. Crow → John C. Avise → John Maynard Smith → John C. Avise → surface form: "Joseph Felsenstein" Linda Partridge → Lynn Margulis → Mark Ridley → Motoo Kimura → Nick Barton → Peter R. Grant → Ronald A. Fisher → Rosemary Grant → Sewall Wright → Stephen Jay Gould → Theodosius Dobzhansky → William D. Hamilton →
presentedBy	Linnean Society of London →
sponsor	Linnean Society of London →
subDiscipline	evolutionary biology →

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ernst Mayr → awardReceived → Darwin–Wallace Medal →

G. Ledyard Stebbins → awardReceived → Darwin–Wallace Medal →

Lynn Margulis → awardReceived → Darwin–Wallace Medal →

Lynn Petra Alexander → awardReceived → Darwin–Wallace Medal →

Linnean Society of London → awards → Darwin–Wallace Medal →