Society for the History of Natural History

THE JOHN THACKRAY MEDAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF NATURAL HISTORY

The Council of the Society for the History of Natural History established the John Thackray Medal in 2000 to commemorate the life and work of its past president. The Medal is awarded annually for a significant achievement in the previous year in the history of those areas of interest to the Society, that is the biological and earth sciences in the broadest sense. The medal can be awarded to an individual or a team, or to project groups, institutions and organisations. A significant achievement may be the completion of a major piece of work or research, or a publication or exhibition, or the making available of collections or information in new and novel ways.

Council have decided to make two awards of the Thackray Medal for 2000, to Professor Amin Geus and Dr Karl Schulze-Hagen for their work on the exhibition 'Joseph Wolf, Animal Painter' and the accompanying catalogue.

The next John Thackray Medal, to be presented at the Society's General Meeting in April 2002, will be given for a significant achievement during 2001. The Society's Council will be pleased to receive nominations for this medal at any time. All nominations will be considered at the first Council meeting in 2002 (held in January), so the closing date for nominations is 31 December 2001.

To nominate, please use the form on the Society's website

(http://www.shnh.org).