Society Distinctions and Awards
John Phillips Medal :established in 1960 by Dr. W. S. Bisat
The John Phillips Medal is awarded by the Council of the Society not more frequently than biennially as an acknowledgment of distinguished contributions to, or of work bearing upon knowledge of the stratigraphy or palaeontology of the north of England.
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Sorby Medal established by Professor William George Fearnsides in 1960
The Sorby Medal is
awarded by the Council of the Society not more frequently than biennially as “an
acknowledgment of either:
• distinguished contributions to geological knowledge of Yorkshire and the north of
England, or
• distinguished contributions to geological knowledge by a person associated with
Yorkshire and the north of England by birth, training or locus of researches.”
Henry Clifton Sorby, born in 1826, was perhaps the greatest scientist connected to the town of Sheffield. He pioneered the use of microscopic petrography amongst other things. A fuller account of the life and work of Sorby can be found at theHenry Clifton Sorby website.
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Fearnsides Prize established in 1968 by Professor William George Fearnsides
The Fearnsides Prize is awarded “not more frequently than biennially to a person under 30 years of age on the 1st December in the year of the award, who has shown promise in geological research or the geological sciences and who is associated with the north of England by birth, training or locus of research.”
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Moore Medal established by former students, in 1988, in honour of Professor & Mrs. L. R. Moore
The Moore Medal is awarded not more frequently than biennially as an acknowledgement of services to geology in the north of England.
Recipient P.Robinson M. Faulkner M.Geol. I. Kane R.Thorley D. J. Tatham M.Geol. Ms B.M. Harland C. Portman A. Graham E. Hadley D. King P. Coates J. P. Wright J. Kirby R. W. Walkland A. Pickup J. Toy J. Thompson S. F. Mitchell S. J. Vincent |
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Honorary Members of the Society
1837: William Smith, John Phillips, Prof. Johnson
1838. G.B. Greenhough
1839. E.W. Binney, J.E. Burman
1840. J. Heywood
(1842: Honorary Members listed as at 1842 in the 1887 History, but for whom no election dates seem to have been recorded were: Rev. William Buckland, Oxford; Rev. Prof. Adam Sedwick, Norwich; Professor Johnstone, Durham; Charles Babbage, London; Sir Roderick I. Murchison, London, G.B. Greenhough, London; Rev. D. Lardner LlD; John Lindley LlD; Professor Henslow, Cambridge; Thomas Sopwith, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Nicholas Wood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; John Buddle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; William Hutton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; H.M. Whitham, Barnard Castle; John Taylor; Rev. Frederick Watkins, Lewes; Charles Vignoles C.E., E.W. Bunney, Manchester.)
1842. M.J. Roberts, Prof. J. Liebig, Prof. C. Daubeny, Prof. Lyon
Playfair
1879: Edward Akroyd FSA, Halifax.
(1887: Other Honorary Members listed in the 1887 History but for whom no election dates seem to have been recorded were: Professor John W. Judd FRS, London; Dr Henry Woodward FRS, London; Prof. N. Boddington, Leeds; Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, FRS, Cambridge; Prof. W.C. Williamson FRS, Cambridge, but no details of date of election recorded).
1891. C.E. de Rance
1895. T. Hicks
1898. W. Whitaker
1907. Sir Arthur Smith Woodward
1933. D. Forsyth
1934. E.J. Garwood
1939. W.G. Fearnsides
1958. H.C. Versey
1963. W.S. Bisat
1976. Sir Kingsley Dunham
1974. J.E. Hemingway, D.H. Rayner