The Lapworth Medal is the highest award of the

Palaeontological Association The Palaeontological Association (PalAss for short) is a charitable organisation based in the UK founded in 1957 for the promotion of the study of palaeontology and allied sciences. Publications The Association publishes two main journals: ' ...

, given to those who have made a significant contribution to the science by means of a substantial body of research.

Recipients

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Palaeontological Association
*2020 - Prof. Andrew B. Smith *2019 - Prof. Derek E.G. Briggs, FRS *2018 - Prof. Derek J. Siveter *2017 - Prof. Stefan Bengtson *2016 - Dr Adrian William Amsler Rushton *2015 - Prof. Jennifer Clack FRS *2014 - Prof. Richard A. Fortey, FRS *2013 - Prof.

Dianne Edwards Professor Dianne Edwards CBE, FRS, FRSE, FLS, FLSW (born 1942) is a palaeobotanist, who studies the colonisation of land by plants, and early land plant interactions. Early life Edwards was born in Swansea, South Wales, and spent much of he ...

, FRS *2012 - Prof.

Euan Clarkson Euan N.K. Clarkson FRSE (born 1937) is a British palaeontologist and writer. Career Euan Clarkson studied geology at the University of Cambridge and had a long career as a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Clarkson's most no ...

*2011 - Prof.

Richard Aldridge Richard John Aldridge (16 December 1945 – 4 February 2014) was a British palaeontologist and academic, who was Bennett Professor of Geology at the University of Leicester. Academic career Aldridge's career began at Southampton University befor ...

*2010 - Dr

Robin Cocks Leonard Robert Morrison Cocks, OBE, TD (17 June 1938 – 5 February 2023), known as Robin Cocks, was a British geologist, formerly Keeper of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum. He was best known for his work on brachiopods, and their use i ...

*2009 - Prof.

Bruce Runnegar Bruce Norman Runnegar (born 2 February 1941, Brisbane) is an Australian-born paleontologist and professor at UCLA. His research centers on using the fossil record to determine how, where, and when life originated and evolved. He has published on ...

*2008 - Prof. Charles Holland *2007 - Prof. Tony Hallam *2006 - Prof. Dolf Seilacher *2005 - Prof.

William Chaloner William Chaloner (1650 – 22 March 1699) was a serial counterfeit coiner and confidence trickster, who was imprisoned in Newgate Prison several times and eventually proven guilty of high treason by Sir Isaac Newton, Master of the Royal Mint. ...

FRS *2004 - Prof. James Valentine *2002 - Prof. Sir Alwyn Williams FRS *2000 - Prof.

Harry B. Whittington Harry Blackmore Whittington FRS (24 March 1916 – 20 June 2010) was a British palaeontologist who made a major contribution to the study of fossils of the Burgess Shale and other Cambrian fauna. His works are largely responsible for the conce ...

FRS

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British science and technology awards Paleontology awards Awards established in 2000 {{Geology-stub

Recipients

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