The De Morgan Medal is a prize for outstanding contribution to
mathematics
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, awarded by the
London Mathematical Society. The Society's most prestigious award, it is given in memory of
Augustus De Morgan, who was the first President of the society.
The medal is awarded every third year (in years divisible by 3) to a mathematician who is normally resident in the
United Kingdom
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on 1 January of the relevant year. The only grounds for the award of the medal are the candidate's contributions to mathematics.
In 1968
Mary Cartwright
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became the first woman to receive the award.
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De Morgan Medal winners
Recipients of the De Morgan Medal include the following:
List of LMS prize winners
LMS website, accessed July 2011
See also
* Whitehead Prize
The Whitehead Prize is awarded yearly by the London Mathematical Society to multiple mathematicians working in the United Kingdom who are at an early stage of their career. The prize is named in memory of homotopy theory pioneer J. H. C. Whiteh ...
* Fröhlich Prize
The Fröhlich Prize of the London Mathematical Society is awarded in even numbered years in memory of Albrecht Fröhlich. The prize is awarded for original and extremely innovative work in any branch of mathematics. According to the regulations ...
* Senior Whitehead Prize
The Senior Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society (LMS) is now awarded in odd numbered years in memory of John Henry Constantine Whitehead, president of the LMS between 1953 and 1955. The Prize is awarded to mathematicians normally ...
* Berwick Prize The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS. Berwick left some money to be given to the ...
* Naylor Prize and Lectureship
The Naylor Prize and lectureship in Applied Mathematics is a prize of the London Mathematical Society awarded every two years in memory of Dr V.D. Naylor. Only those who reside in the United Kingdom are eligible for the prize. The "grounds for aw ...
* PĂłlya Prize (LMS)
The Pólya Prize is a prize in mathematics, awarded by the London Mathematical Society. Second only to the triennial De Morgan Medal in prestige among the society's awards, it is awarded in the years that are not divisible by three – those in ...
* List of mathematics awards
References
{{Awards of the London Mathematical Society
British science and technology awards
Awards established in 1884
Triennial events
Awards of the London Mathematical Society
1884 establishments in the United Kingdom