The Roy G. Neville Prize in Bibliography or Biography is a biennial award given by the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) to recognize a biographical work in the field of chemistry or molecular science. The Roy G. Neville Prize was established in 2006 and named to honor scientist and book collector Roy G. Neville. Neville founded Engineering and Technical Consultants, Redwood City, California, in 1973. He also assembled one of the world's largest collections of rare books in the field of science and technology. The Neville collection, including over 6,000 titles from the late 15th century to the early 20th century, was acquired by the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute) in 2004.

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The following people have received the Neville Award: *2019 Helge Kragh, for ''Julius Thomsen: A Life in Chemistry and Beyond'' *2017 John C. Powers, for ''Inventing Chemistry: Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts'' *2016

Melvyn Usselman Melvyn Charles Usselman (1944–2015) was a professor of chemistry at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), with a particular focus on the history of chemistry. Life and career He studied for his BSc, MA and PhD at UWO. He married Trixie Sen ...

, for ''Pure Intelligence: The Life of William Hyde Wollaston'' *2013 Mary Jo Nye, for ''Michael Polanyi and His Generation: Origins of the Social Construction of Science'' *2011 Michael Hunter, for ''Boyle: Between God and Science'' *2009

William Hodson Brock William Hodson Brock (born 1936) is a British chemist and science historian. Brock was born in Brighton. He studied chemistry at University College London and the history and philosophy of science at the University of Leicester to become a lectur ...

, for ''William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization of Science'' *2007

Michael D. Gordin Michael Dan Gordin (born November 3, 1974) is an American science historian and Slavist. Born in New Jersey, Gordin studied at Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in 1996 and a doctorate in 2001. From 2003 he was at Princeton University, ...

, for ''A Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table'' *2006 Robert E. Schofield, for ''The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Works from 1773 to 1804''

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{{reflist Chemistry awards American literary awards Awards established in 2006 2006 establishments in the United States Biography awards History of science awards American science and technology awards

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