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Linnean Gold Medal
The Linnean Gold Medal is a medal awarded by the Linnean Society of London in "special circumstances" for "services to the Society". As the society's highest honour it has, to date, only been awarded three times. Gold Medallists * Doris Kermack (1988) (palaeontologist and marine zoologist) * David F. Cutler PPLS (1999) (botanist and plant anatomist) * Grenville Llewellyn Lucas Grenville 'Gren' Llewellyn Lucas (20 December 1935 – 12 December 2022) was a British botanist, conservationist, and Keeper of the Herbarium and Library at Kew Gardens. Biography Grenville Llewellyn Lucas was born in Cardiff on 20 December 193 ... (2007) (Keeper of the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew) External links The Linnean Gold Medal website References {{Carl Linnaeus British science and technology awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnean Society Of London
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collections, and publishes academic journals and books on plant and animal biology. The society also awards a number of prestigious medals and prizes. A product of the 18th-century enlightenment, the Society is the oldest extant biological society in the world and is historically important as the venue for the first public presentation of the theory of evolution by natural selection on 1 July 1858. The patron of the society was Queen Elizabeth II. Honorary members include: King Charles III of Great Britain, Emeritus Emperor Akihito of Japan, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (both of latter have active interests in natural history), and the eminent naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. History Founding The Linnean Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Kermack
Doris Mary Kermack FLS (née Carr; 1923 – 2003) was a British paleontologist and marine zoologist at Imperial College London. She completed her PhD thesis entitled 'The anatomy and physiology of the gut of ''Arenicola marina'' L.' at University College London in 1953. In 1988 she was awarded the Linnean Gold Medal for outstanding service to the society. She had two sons with her husband and fellow paleontologist Kenneth Kermack. The species name '' Bridetherium dorisae'' is named in her honour. Together with her husband and Frances Mussett she was the first to formally describe the early mammal-like ' symmetrodont' ''Kuehneotherium praecursoris ''Kuehneotherium'' is an early mammaliaform genus, previously considered a holothere, that lived during the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Epochs and is characterized by reversed-triangle pattern of molar cusps. Although many fossils have been f ...''. References Women paleontologists British palaeontologists Fellows of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David F
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenville Llewellyn Lucas
Grenville 'Gren' Llewellyn Lucas (20 December 1935 – 12 December 2022) was a British botanist, conservationist, and Keeper of the Herbarium and Library at Kew Gardens. Biography Grenville Llewellyn Lucas was born in Cardiff on 20 December 1935. He had an early interest in natural history stimulated by the National Museum of Wales but his first job was working for the Distillers Company on the development and use of plastics and resins. After reading ''The Geography of the Flowering Plants'' by Ronald Good his interest took him to the University of Hull to study botany under Professor Good, where he received a degree in Botany. Gren worked at Kew as a research student for the Colonial Office before taking up a post as Scientific Officer in the East African Herbarium in Nairobi. While in Nairobi he became interested in conservation work. In 1962 he returned to Kew to work on the Flora of Tropical East Africa. He and his wife were both supporters of the Surrey Naturalists' Trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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