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The general design of the medal was by John Evans, the president of the Royal Numismatic Society. [5] Since its creation the Darwin Medal has been awarded over 60 times. Among the recipients are Francis Darwin, Charles Darwin's son, and two married couples: Jack and Yolande Heslop-Harrison in 1982 and Peter and Rosemary Grant in 2002.
A 2014 study published in the British Medical Journal found that between 1995 and 2014, males represented 88.7% of Darwin Award winners (see figure). [16] The comedy film The Darwin Awards (2006), written and directed by Finn Taylor, was based on the website and many of the Darwin Awards stories. [17]
Darwin–Wallace Medal: Linnean Society of London: Major advances in evolutionary biology [98] [99] United Kingdom: FSBI Medal: Fisheries Society of the British Isles: Scientist in the earlier stages of his or her career for exceptional advances in fish biology and/or fisheries science [100] United Kingdom: Frink Medal: Zoological Society of London
Awarded annually for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science" the Copley Medal is the oldest and most prestigious award of the Royal Society and is accompanied by a gift of £25000. John B. Goodenough 2019 [23] Darwin Medal: 1890
The Darwin–Wallace Medal. The Darwin–Wallace Medal is a medal awarded by the Linnean Society of London for "major advances in evolutionary biology". [1] [2] Historically, the medals have been awarded every 50 years, beginning in 1908.
In 2008, the Grants were among the thirteen recipients of the Darwin-Wallace Medal, which is bestowed every fifty years by the Linnean Society of London. In 2009, they were recipients of the annual Kyoto Prize in basic sciences, an international award honouring significant contributions to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of ...
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Darwin Awards: Charles Darwin: Life Awarded to "people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion" Darwin Medal: Charles Darwin: Biology Awarded for work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Darwin worked Darwin–Wallace Medal