The Darwin-Wallace Medal

 

The Darwin-Wallace Medal was awarded in 1908, 1958 and again in 2008 for 'major advances in evolutionary biology'.  It was awarded to commemorate the 50th, 100th and 150th anniversaries of the reading of the joint paper by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection", which was read on 1st July 1858, and published by the Linnean Society. 

 

In recognition of the continuing importance of research on evolutionary biology the Council of the Linnean Society of London announced in 2008 that the medal would be awarded annually from 2010.

 

The Medal has a profile of Darwin on the obverse and a full-face image of Wallace on the reverse, with the marginal inscription “LINN. SOC. LOND. 1858 – 1908” on both sides. 

 

 

Recipients of the Darwin-Wallace Medal

2010

 

Brian Charlesworth

 

2008

 

Silver

  • Nick Barton
  • Mark Chase
  • Bryan Clarke
  • Joseph Felsenstein
  • Stephen Jay Gould (posthumous)
  • P. R Grant & Rosemary Grant
  • James (Jim) Mallet
  • Lynn Margulis
  • John Maynard-Smith (posthumous)
  • Mohamed Noor
  • H. Allen Orr
  • Linda Partridge

 

Click here for a full list of recipients

 

 

The Darwin-Wallace Medal 2008 

(Obverse)

 

The Darwin-Wallace Medal 2008 (Reverse)