The Stamford Raffles Award is an award of the

Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained the London Zoo, and since 1931 Whipsnade Park. History On 29 ...

. It is "For distinguished contributions to zoology by amateur zoologists or professional zoologists in recognition of contributions which are outside the scope of their professional activities." The first awards were sculptures by Henry Moore called 'Animal Form', followed later by sculptures called 'Young Hippo' by Anita Mandl.

List of awardees

20th century

* Source
ZSL
*1961 Dr

W. S. Bristowe William Syer Bristowe (1 September 1901 – 11 September 1979), who wrote under the name W. S. Bristowe, was an English naturalist, a prolific and popular scientific writer and authority on spiders. He was educated at Wellington College and Cambr ...

for contributions to

arachnology Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of s ...

*1962 Dr.

Reginald Ernest Moreau Reginald Ernest Moreau, (29 May 1897 – 30 May 1970), was an English civil servant who worked as an accountant in Africa and later contributed to ornithology. He made studies of clutch size in nesting birds, compared the life-histories of birds in ...

for contributions to

ornithology Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

*1963 Cyril Winthrop Mackworth Praed for contributions to ornithology *1964

Claud William Wright Claud William Wright Order of the Bath, CB (9 January 1917, Ellenborough, Yorkshire, Ellenborough, Yorkshire, England – 15 February 2010, Burford, Oxfordshire, England), aka Willy Wright, was a senior United Kingdom, British civil servant who ...

for contributions to palaeontology *1965 Dr

Ernest Neal Ernest Neal (1858–1943), was the 2nd Poet Laureate of Georgia. He was born in Sparta, Georgia (U.S.) in 1858. He lived in Dahlonega for some time, but Calhoun, GA was his home. Biography Neal became Georgia's 2nd Poet Laureate on August 2 ...

for contributions to mammalogy and entomology *1966 The Reverend

Edward Allworthy Armstrong Edward Allworthy Armstrong (8 October 1900 – 19 December 1978) was a British ornithologist and Church of England clergyman. Edward Allworthy Armstrong was born at Corlea, Lowwood, Belfast on 8 October 1900, the younger child and only son of ...

for contributions to ornithology *1967 Dr Maxwell Savage for contributions to knowledge of the amphibians *1968

Guy Mountfort Guy Mountfort (4 December 1905 – 23 April 2003) was an English advertising executive, amateur ornithologist and conservationist. He is known for writing the pioneering ''A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe'', published in 1954 ...

for his contributions to the study of natural history *1969 Rex A. Jubb for contributions to southern African ichthyology *1970 Donovan Reginald Rosevear in recognition of contributions to knowledge of West African mammalian fauna *1971

Beryl Patricia Hall Beryl Patricia Hall, née Woodhouse (13 June 1917 – 26 August 2010) was a British ornithologist, associated with the Natural History Museum. She is best known for her work on African birds. She also wrote a book of whimsical poems with Derek Go ...

for work on the

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

and

zoogeography Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with geographic distribution (present and past) of animal species. As a multifaceted field of study, zoogeography incorporates methods of molecular biology, genetics, mor ...

of African birds *1972 Dr Lionel George Higgins for outstanding contributions to knowledge of Lepidoptera *1973 George Hazlewood "Ted" Locket for contributions to arachnology *1974

Arthur Erskine Ellis Arthur Erskine Ellis (1 October 1902 – 28 February 1983), often known as A.E. Ellis, was a British scientist, biologist and naturalist. Ellis is best known for his large number of malacological publications, including some which became ess ...

for contributions to the study of molluscs *1975 Lieutenant-Colonel

John Nevill Eliot Lt. Col. John Nevill Eliot (29 August 1912 – 11 April 2003)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' was an English entomologist who specialised in Oriental Lepidoptera especially Lycaenidae. He was born in Woolwich, Lo ...

for distinguished taxonomic work on Lepidoptera, particularly the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterf ...

*1977 Stanley Cramp for contributions to ornithology *1978

Jonathan Kingdon Jonathan Kingdon (born 1935 in Tanzania) is a zoologist, science author, and artist; a research associate at the University of Oxford. He focuses on taxonomic illustration and evolution of the mammals of Africa. He is a contributor to The Oxford B ...

for contributions to the study of East African mammals *1979 Stella Turk for contributions to the study of

seahorse A seahorse (also written ''sea-horse'' and ''sea horse'') is any of 46 species of small marine fish in the genus ''Hippocampus''. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek (), itself from () meaning "horse" and () meaning "sea monster" or " ...

life and marine molluscs *1980 Dr Edward H. Eason for distinguished work on the taxonomy of centipedes *1981 Lt.-Col. A. Maitland Emmet for work on

Microlepidoptera Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the 'smaller moths' (micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, and are thus harder to ...

*1982 Mr R. Moylan Gambles for distinguished work on

Odonata Odonata is an order of flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic, though members of their total group, Odonatoptera, first appeared in Late Carboniferous. The two com ...

*1983 Major Michael Gallagher for contributions to the ornithology of Arabia *1984 Dr Walter J. Le Quesne for distinguished contribution to the taxonomy and biology of Hemiptera *1985 Dr A. Frank Millidge for distinguished contributions to arachnology *1987 Miss Fiona Guiness for contributions to research on

red deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of we ...

in the

British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...

*1988 Mr William Frank Harding Ansell for contribution to knowledge of the taxonomy and distribution of African mammals *1989 Major Kenneth W. England for contribution to the taxonomy of tropical sea-anemones *1990 Dr David L. Harrison for distinguished contribution to the study of mammals *1992 Dr J. Denis Summers-Smith for world-renowned work on sparrows *1993 Dr William R. P. Bourne for contribution to the study of seabirds *1994 Mrs J. Hall-Crags for long-standing contributions to the description of bird song *1996 Mrs Norma Chapman for outstanding contribution to the knowledge of deer in Britain *1998 Dr Clive Carefoot for outstanding research on plumage

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

*1999 Mr

Edward Max Nicholson Edward Max Nicholson (12 July 1904 – 26 April 2003) was a pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, and a founder of the World Wildlife Fund. Early life Max Nicholson, as he was known to all, was born in Kilternan, Ire ...

for lifelong contributions to

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...

21st century

*2001 Dr Norman Moore for research on the ecology and behaviour of dragonflies *2002 Thomas Jones Roberts for furthering our understanding of wildlife in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

*2003 Christopher du Feu for contributions to ornithology *2005 Peter Grubb for contributions to mammalian systematics *2006 Peter Chandler for contributions to our knowledge of European Diptera *2007 Ted Benton for contributions to our knowledge on bees, butterflies and dragonflies *2009 Bob Swann for contributions to ornithology *2010 Richard Lewington for contributions for wildlife illustration *2011 Dan Danahar for contributions towards the advancement of biodiversity education *2012 Stephen Petty for significant long-term monitoring and data collection that has contributed to our understanding of the ecology of tawny owl populations, their vole prey and other raptors *2013 David Mallon for significant contributions to antelope conservation *2014 Elise Andrew for significant contributions to science communication *2015 Nick Tregenza for outstanding contributions to acoustic monitoring of cetaceans *2016 Malcolm Tait for outstanding contributions to the public appreciation of wildlife *2017 Paul Brock for outstanding contributions to entomology

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Zoological Society of LondonReginald Ernest Moreau's Stamford Raffles Award of 1962
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