Frink Medal

Frink Medal
Awarded for	“for significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology.”
Sponsored by	Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
First awarded	1973
Website	www.zsl.org/about-us/zsl-awards

The Frink Medal for British Zoologists is awarded by the Zoological Society of London "for significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology."[1][n 1] It consists of a bronze plaque (76 by 83 millimetres),[2] depicting a bison and carved by British sculptor Elisabeth Frink.[3] The Frink Medal was instituted in 1973 and first presented in 1974.[3][4][5]

Recipients

Source ZSL

• 2021 Terry Burke
• 2020 Rosemary Grant
• 2019 Christl Donnelly
• 2018 John Macnamara
• 2017 Pat Monaghan
• 2016 Sarah Cleaveland[6]
• 2015 Peter Holland[6][7]
• 2014 Patrick Bateson[6][8][n 2]
• 2013 Michael Edwin Akam[6][9]
• 2012 Georgina Mary Mace[6][10]
• 2011 Paul H. Harvey[6][11]
• 2010 Ziheng Yang[6]
• 2009 Charles Godfray[6][12][n 3]
• 2008 Christopher Brian Stringer[6][13][n 4]
• 2007 Thomas Cavalier-Smith[6][14][n 5]
• 2006 Brian Charlesworth[6]
• 2005 Geoffrey Alan Parker[6][15]
• 2004 Malcolm Burrows[6][16][n 6]
• 2003 Quentin Bone[6]
• 2002 Michael Patrick Hassell[6]
• 2001 Nicholas Barry Davies[6][17]
• 2000 Richard Alan Fortey[6][18][n 7]
• 1999 Linda Partridge[6][19][n 8]
• 1998 John Hartley Lawton[6]
• 1997 Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock[6][20][n 9]
• 1996 John Richard Krebs[6][21][n 10]
• 1995 Robert McCredie May[6]
• 1994 Michael Francis Land[6][22]
• 1993 Roy Malcolm Anderson[6][23]
• 1992 Brian Keith Follett[6][24][n 11]
• 1991 Robert Aubrey Hinde[6][25][n 12]
• 1990 William Donald Hamilton[6][26][27][n 13]
• 1989 John Maynard Smith[6][28][29][n 14]
• 1988 Arthur James Cain[6][30][n 15]
• 1987 Eric James Denton[6][31]
• 1986 Vera Fretter[6][32]
• 1985 James Desmond Smyth[6][33][n 16]
• 1984 Percy Cyril Claude Garnham[6][34][n 17]
• 1983 Geoffrey Fryer[6][35]
• 1982 James Munro Dodd[6][36]
• 1981 James Eric Smith[6][37]
• 1980 William Homan Thorpe[6][38][39]
• 1979 Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards[6][40][41][n 18]
• 1978 Vincent Wigglesworth[6][42][n 19]
• 1977 Sidnie Milana Manton[6][43]
• 1976 Ernest James William Barrington[6][44]
• 1975 Alastair Graham[6][45][46][n 20]
• 1974 John Zachary Young[47][n 21]
• 1973 Julian Sorell Huxley[3][48][n 22]

See also

• List of biology awards

References

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3. Gardiner, Stephen (1998). Frink: The Official Biography of Elisabeth Frink. p. 198.
4. Zoological Society of London Awards (Zoological Society of London)
5. Bison Medal, commissioned by The Zoological Society of London (Elisabeth Frink Estate)
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10. "Professor Mace awarded Frink Medal". UCL. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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33. Smyth, James Desmond (1990). In Vitro Cultivation of Parasitic Helminths. CRC Press. The Frink Medal is mentioned in the editor biography in the introductory materials.
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38. Hinde, R. A. (1987). "William Homan Thorpe. 1 April 1902-7 April 1986". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 33: 620–639. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1987.0022. JSTOR 769965. PMID 11621438.
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41. "WYNNE-EDWARDS, Vero Copner". Who Was Who. A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
42. "WIGGLESWORTH, Sir Vincent (Brian)". Who Was Who. A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
43. "MANTON, Sidnie Milana (Mrs J. P. Harding)". Who Was Who. A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
44. "BARRINGTON, Prof. Ernest James William". Who Was Who. A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
45. Andrews, Elizabeth. "Alastair Graham, FRS". The Malacological Society of London. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
46. "GRAHAM, Prof. Alastair". Who Was Who. A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
47. Annual Report. The Zoological Society of London. 1975. p. 6.
48. Annual Report. The Zoological Society of London. 1974. p. 7.

Notes

1. The award for a particular year is presented to the recipient the following year. This can lead to discrepancies in some sources over the year of an award, with some reporting the year of presentation and some reporting the year stated on the award.
2. This award was presented in June 2015.[8]
3. The ZSL website states 2009; Who's Who states 2010.
4. The ZSL website states 2008; Who's Who states 2009.
5. The ZSL website states 2007; Who's Who states 2008.
6. The ZSL website states 2004; Who's Who states 2005.
7. The ZSL website states 2000; Who's Who states 2001.
8. The ZSL website states 1999; Who's Who states 2000.
9. The ZSL website states 1997; Who's Who states 1998.
10. The ZSL website states 1996; Who's Who states 1997.
11. The ZSL website states 1992; Who's Who states 1993.
12. The ZSL website states 1991; Who's Who states 1992.
13. The ZSL website states 1990; Who's Who states 1991.
14. The ZSL website states 1989; other sources state 1990.
15. The ZSL website states 1988; other sources state 1990.
16. The ZSL website states 1985; other sources state 1986.
17. The ZSL website states 1984; Who's Who states 1985.
18. The ZSL website states 1979; other sources state 1980.
19. The ZSL website states 1978; other sources state 1979.
20. The ZSL website states and the obituary from The Malacological Society of London state 1975; Who's Who states 1976.
21. The ZSL website does not include this award in its listing as of March 2018, though it is mentioned in the Annual Report for 1975.
22. The ZSL website does not include this award in its listing as of March 2018, though it is mentioned in the Annual Report for 1974.