Jackson Gwilt Medal

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Country United Kingdom
Presented by Royal Astronomical Society

The Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society has been awarded regularly since 1897 for the invention, improvement, or development of astronomical instrumentation or techniques; for achievement in observational astronomy; or for achievement in research into the history of astronomy. After the Gold Medal it is the oldest award offered by the Society.

The medal is named after Hannah Jackson née Gwilt, a niece of the architect and fellow, Joseph Gwilt and daughter of former fellow George Gwilt.

List of winners

Source except where otherwise noted

2016 Bruce Swinyard

2015 Allan Chapman

2014 George W. Fraser

2013 Vikram Dhillon

2012 Joss Bland-Hawthorn

2011 Matt Griffin

2010 Craig Mackay

2009 Peter Ade

2008 Stephen Shectman

2006 Keith Taylor

2004 Pat Wallace

2001 John E. Baldwin

1998 Alexander Boksenberg

1995 Janet Akyüz Mattei

1992 Richard Stephenson

1989 Richard Edwin Hills

1986 David Malin

1983 Grote Reber

1980 Roger Griffin

1977 Patrick Moore

1974 Geoffrey Perry

1971 Alan William James Cousins

1968 John Guy Porter

1963 George Eric Deacon Alcock

1960 Frank Bateson and Albert F. A. L. Jones

1956 Reginald Purdon de Kock

1953 John Philip Manning Prentice

1949 Algernon Montagu Newbegin

1946 Harold William Newton

1942 Reginald Lawson Waterfield

1938 Frederick J. Hargreaves and Percy Mayow Ryves

1935 Walter Frederick Gale

1931 Clyde William Tombaugh

1928 William Reid and William Herbert Steavenson

1923 A. Stanley Williams and William Sadler Franks

1918 Theodore E. R. Phillips

1913 Thomas Henry Espinell Compton Espin

1909 Philibert Jacques Melotte

1905 John Tebbutt

1902 Thomas David Anderson

1897 Lewis Swift

References

Jackson-Gwilt Medal Wikipedia

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