The

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

presents numerous awards, lectures and medals to recognise scientific achievement. The oldest is the

Croonian Lecture The Croonian Medal and Lecture is a prestigious award, a medal, and lecture given at the invitation of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians. Among the papers of William Croone at his death in 1684, was a plan to endow a single l ...

, created in 1701 at the request of the widow of

William Croone William Croone (15 September 1633 – 12 October 1684) was an English physician and one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society. Life He was born in London on 15 September 1633, and admitted to Merchant Taylors' School on 11 December 1642 ...

, one of the founding members of the Royal Society. The Croonian Lecture is still awarded on an annual basis, and is considered the most important Royal Society prize for the biological sciences. Although the Croonian Lecture was created in 1701, it was first awarded in 1738, seven years after the

Copley Medal The Copley Medal is an award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science". It alternates between the physical sciences or mathematics and the biological sciences. Given every year, the medal is t ...

which is the oldest Royal Society medal still in use and is awarded for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science"

Awards

Domestic lectures

International lectures

Medals

Historical awards and lectures

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