The Linnean Tercentenary Medal was commissioned in 2007 by the

Linnean Society 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 colle ...

to commemorate the tercentenary of the birth of

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

. Recipients were in two categories: Silver Medal and Bronze Medal, for outstanding contributions to natural history. The front of the medal features an illustration by Linnaeus of

Andromeda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; grc, Ἀνδρομέδα, Androméda or , ''Andromédē'') is the daughter of the king of Aethiopia, Cepheus (father of Andromeda), Cepheus, and his wife, Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda), Cassiopeia. When Cassi ...

next to one of the plant he named Andromeda, from his 1732

expedition to Lapland The expedition to Lapland, the northernmost region in Sweden, by Carl Linnaeus between May and October 1732 was an important part of his scientific career. Linnaeus departed from Uppsala and travelled clockwise around the coast of the Gulf of ...

and on the back, a spiral design made from illustrations taken from

Systema Naturae ' (originally in Latin written ' with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomen ...

Silver Medal

* Sir

David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histor ...

CBE, Hon. FLS, FRS * Professor Steve Jones FRS, FLS * Professor

Edward O. Wilson Edward Osborne Wilson (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, entomologist and writer. According to David Attenborough, Wilson was the world's leading expert in his specialty of myrmecology, the study of a ...

FMLS, ForMemRS

Bronze Medal

* Ms Gina Douglas FLS * Dr Jenny Edmonds FLS * Professor Carl-Olof Jacobsen FLS * Professor Bengt Jonsell FLS * Dr Martyn Rix FLS * Mr Nigel Rowland FLS * Ms Elaine Shaughnessy FLS

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The Linnean Tercentenary Medal
The Linnean Society of London {{Carl Linnaeus Biology awards Commemoration of Carl Linnaeus

Silver Medal

Bronze Medal

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