Union Medal of the British Ornithological Union
The Union Medal is a medal of the British Ornithologists' Union, given "in recognition of eminent services to ornithology and to the Union and ornithology."[1] From 2019 it is to be known as the "Janet Kear Union Medal", after Janet Kear, with a new medal design.[2]
In his history of the BOU, History of the Union, wrote:[2][3]
The Union Medal was created in 1912 "to give special recognition for eminent services to ornithology in the field". Under the present Rule 21 it is limited to Union members. Four of these medals were received by members who took part in the Jubilee Expedition to New Guinea. One, in gold, was awarded to the leader W. Goodfellow and three, in silver, to Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston, G. E. Shortridge and Captain C. H. B. Grant.
The BOU introduced the Godman-Salvin Medal, awarded "to an individual as a signal honour for distinguished ornithological work.",[1] and nowadays the Union Medal recognises people "who have given distinguished service to the Union itself".[2]
Medallists[]
Source: British Ornithologists' Union
- 1912 Walter Goodfellow,
- 1948
- 1953 A. W. Boyd
- 1959 W. B. Alexander, , David Armitage Bannerman, Evelyn Baxter, Peter M Scott
- 1960 C. W. Benson
- 1967 Salim Ali
- 1968 J. M. M. Fisher, Charles R. S. Pitman
- 1969 C. W. Mackworth-Praed
- 1970 L. H. Brown
- 1971 Stephen Marchant, Henry Neville Southern, Bernard Stonehouse
- 1972 Derek Goodwin, Norman W. Moore
- 1973 Beryl Patricia Hall
- 1975 Karel H. Voous
- 1976 , G. C. Shortridge, Alexander F. R. Wollaston
- 1979 Ken E. L. Simmons
- 1980 Geoffrey V. T. Matthews
- 1984 Stanley Cramp, Philip A. D. Hollom, Guy Mountfort
- 1987 Ian Newton
- 1988
- 1989
- 1991 F. B. M. Campbell
- 1992
- 1993 Ronald M. Lockley
- 1995 R. Tory Peterson
- 1996 Christopher J. Mead
- 1997 Robert A. F. Gillmor, John Sidney Ash
- 1998 Janet Kear
- 2004
- 2008
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2015 John Croxall
- 2016 Chris Perrins
- 2017 Prof Jenny Gill (former BOU President)[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Medals and awards". British Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "The Janet Kear Union Medal". British Ornithologists' Union. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ (1959). "One Hundred Years of the British Ornithologists' Union". Ibis. 101 (1): 8–18. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1959.tb02352.x. ISSN 1474-919X.
- Ornithology awards
- British awards
- Awards established in 1912
- 1912 establishments in the United Kingdom