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Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), then palladium, a metal discovered by Wollaston (1846–1860). Next in gold again (1861–1929) and then in palladium again (1930–present).
Laureates.
Source:Geological Society
Laureates 1831–1850.
- 1831 William 'Strata' Smith
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in 1865 awarded their Wollaston medal. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857, and in 1870 received a Royal medal from the Royal Society. In 1882, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the University of St Andrews.
He died at Brighton on 14 October 1885, bequeathing his fine collection of recent and fossil brachiopoda to the British Museum.
References.
- Attribution
- This work in turn cites:
- Biography with portrait and list of papers in "Geol. Mag