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Encyclopedia > Darwin Medal

The Darwin Medal is given by the Royal Society on even years to a biologist or a husband and wife team of biologists. The award is given for "work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked." [1] (http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/awards/medals/)


List of Winners

Topics relating to Charles Darwin
Family: Erasmus Darwin (grandfather) - Josiah Wedgwood (maternal grandfather) - Emma Darwin (wife) - William Darwin; Anne Darwin; Etty Darwin; George Darwin; Elizabeth Darwin;

Francis Darwin; Leonard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Charles Waring Darwin (children) - Francis Galton (cousin)

Contributions to evolutionary biology: Evolution by means of natural and sexual selection.
Books: The Voyage of the Beagle - The Origin of Species - The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
Named in honour of Darwin: Darwin Medal - Darwin, Australia - Charles Darwin University, Darwin College, Cambridge


 

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