Thomson Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand)

This article is about the Royal Society of New Zealand award. For the Institute of Physics award, see Institute of Physics Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize.

Thomson Medal in 2024

The Thomson Medal is a medal awarded annually since 1984 by the Royal Society of New Zealand for 'organisation, support and application of science and/or technology and/or the humanities in New Zealand.'[1]

Past winners

Past winners were:[2]

• 1985 Alan Mackney[3]
• 1986 Colin Maiden[4]
• 1987 Ian Baumgart[5]
• 1988 Jim Hodge[6]
• 1989 Angus Tait
• 1992 Mike Collins
• 1994 Don Llewellyn
• 1996 Richard Sadleir
• 1998 Jim Johnston
• 2000 Robert Anderson
• 2004 John Ayers
• 2006 John Hay
• 2007 John Alexander Kernohan
• 2008 Andy West
• 2009 Richard Garland
• 2010 Shaun Coffey
• 2011 Neville Jordan
• 2012 Richard Furneaux
• 2013 Peter Lee
• 2014 Rob Murdoch
• 2015 Richard Blaikie
• 2016 Bruce Campbell
• 2017 Charles Eason
• 2018 Carolyn Burns
• 2019 Timothy Haskell
• 2020 John Caradus
• 2021 Gary Wilson
• 2022 David Hutchinson[7]
• 2023 Nicola Gaston[8]

Notes

1. "Thomson Medal". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
2. "Recipients". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
3. Lambert 1991, p. 399.
4. Lambert 1991, p. 413.
5. Lambert 1991, p. 41.
6. Lambert 1991, p. 291.
7. "The Dunedin Study wins Rutherford Medal and other Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated in Ōtepoti Dunedin". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
8. Jamie Morton (9 November 2023). "'Tenacious boldness': Top honour for change-making NZ scientist". NZ Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

References

• Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. ISBN 9780790001302.