The Thomson Medal is a medal awarded annually since 1984 by the

Royal Society of New Zealand Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a cit ...

for 'organisation, support and application of science and/or technology and/or the humanities in New Zealand.'

Past winners

Past winners were: * 1985

Alan Mackney Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Al ...

* 1986

Colin Maiden Sir Colin James Maiden (born 5 May 1933) is a New Zealand mechanical engineer, university administrator and company director. Biography Maiden was born in Auckland on 5 May 1933, the son of Henry Arnold Maiden and Lorna Maiden (née Richardson). ...

* 1987

Ian Baumgart Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...

* 1988

Jim Hodge Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim' ...

* 1989 Angus Tait * 1992 Mike Collins * 1994 Don Llewellyn * 1996

Richard Sadleir Richard Sadleir (6 May 1794 – 6 March 1889) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Cork to landowner James Sadleir. Despite an intention to enter the church, he went to sea with the Royal Navy in 1808, travelling widely bef ...

* 1998 Jim Johnston * 2000 Robert Anderson * 2004

John Ayers John Ayers (April 14, 1953 – October 2, 1995) was a National Football League offensive lineman from 1977 through 1987. During that span, he appeared in two Super Bowls: Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XIX for the San Francisco 49ers. Ay ...

* 2006

John Hay John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, Hay's highest office was Un ...

* 2007 John Alexander Kernohan * 2008

Andy West Andy West (born February 6, 1953) is an American bass guitarist and composer who is an original founding member of the Dixie Dregs along with Steve Morse. Since the breakup of the original band in 1983, West has been on albums with Mike Keneally ...

* 2009

Richard Garland Charles Richard Garland Jr. (July 7, 1927 – May 24, 1969) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was known for playing the recurring role of Constable Clay Horton in CBS's television series '' Lassie'' from 1954 to 1956. Life a ...

* 2010 Shaun Coffey * 2011

Neville Jordan Sir Neville Jordan (born 15 May 1943) is a New Zealand electrical engineer and businessman. Biography Born in Petone on 15 May 1943, Jordan was the third child of Hercules Jordan, a welder, and only child of Lydia Marie Jordan (née Ashman), a ...

* 2012 Richard Furneaux * 2013 Peter Lee * 2014 Rob Murdoch * 2015 Richard Blaikie * 2016

Bruce Campbell Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ''Evil Dead'' franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film ''Within the Woods''. He has starred in many low ...

* 2017 Charles Eason * 2018

Carolyn Burns Dame Carolyn Waugh Burns (born 3 February 1942) is a New Zealand ecologist specialising in lakes. She is an emeritus professor at the University of Otago. Early life, family, and education Burns was born in Lincoln, New Zealand, the daughter o ...

* 2019

Timothy Haskell Timothy George Haskell is a New Zealand scientist. Career and impact Haskell started his career at the Physics and Engineering Laboratory of DSIR (New Zealand) and remained with them through its evolution to Industrial Research Limited (IR ...

* 2020 John Caradus * 2021 Gary Wilson * 2022 David Hutchinson * 2023

Nicola Gaston Nicola Gaston is a Professor and the President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists. She is a materials scientist who has worked on nanoparticles, and has spoken out on sexism in the scientific research establishment. Academic caree ...

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References

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