Frink Medal
{{Infobox award
| name = Frink Medal
| awarded_for = “for significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology.”
| sponsor = Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
| year = 1973
| website = {{URL|https://www.zsl.org/about-us/zsl-awards}}
}}
The Frink Medal for British Zoologists is awarded by the Zoological Society of London "for significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology."{{cite web| title=ZSL Awards| url=http://www.zsl.org/science/scientific-awards/| access-date=26 April 2015|publisher=Zoological Society of London}}{{#tag:ref|The award for a particular year is presented to the recipient the following year. This can lead to discrepancies in some sources over the year of an award, with some reporting the year of presentation and some reporting the year stated on the award.|group="n"}} It consists of a bronze plaque (76 by 83 millimetres),{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Mark|year=1986|title=Contemporary British Medals|page=40}} depicting a bison and carved by British sculptor Elisabeth Frink.{{cite book|last=Gardiner|first=Stephen|year=1998|title=Frink: The Official Biography of Elisabeth Frink|page=198}} The Frink Medal was instituted in 1973 and first presented in 1974.[http://www.zsl.org/science/zsl-awards Zoological Society of London Awards] (Zoological Society of London)[http://www.elisabethfrink-estate.com/index.php?act=piece&artwork=48&cat=1 Bison Medal], commissioned by The Zoological Society of London (Elisabeth Frink Estate)
Recipients
Source [https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/media/2020-11/ZSL%20Frink%20Award%20Winners.pdf ZSL]
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- 2022 Jane Hurst
- 2021 Terry Burke
- 2020 Rosemary Grant
- 2019 Christl Donnelly
- 2018 John Macnamara
- 2017 Pat Monaghan
- 2016 Sarah Cleaveland{{cite web| url= https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/media/2017-06/Frink%20Award%20Winners.pdf| title=Winners of the ZSL Frink Medal for British Zoologists|publisher= Zoological Society of London|access-date = 15 March 2018}}
- 2015 Peter Holland{{cite web|title=Stars of science recognised at Britain's zoological Oscars|url=https://www.zsl.org/news/stars-of-science-recognised-at-britain%E2%80%99s-zoological-oscars|publisher=The Zoological Society of London|access-date=22 June 2016}}
- 2014 Patrick Bateson{{cite web| url = http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2015/bateson-frink-medal.html| title= Pat Bateson receives the Frink Medal|publisher= King's College, Cambridge University|access-date = 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|This award was presented in June 2015.|group="n"}}
- 2013 Michael Edwin Akam{{cite web| url = http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/michael-akam-awarded-frink-medal-by-zoological-society-of-london| title= Professor Michael Akam Awarded Frink Medal by Zoological Society of London| date= 19 February 2014|publisher= Cambridge University|access-date = 19 February 2015}}
- 2012 Georgina Mary Mace{{cite web| url = http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/03072013| title= Professor Mace awarded Frink Medal| publisher=UCL|access-date = 19 February 2015}}
- 2011 Paul H. Harvey{{cite encyclopedia|title=HARVEY, Prof. Paul H.|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U19381|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 2010 Ziheng Yang
- 2009 Charles Godfray{{cite encyclopedia|title=GODFRAY, Prof. (Hugh) Charles (Jonathan)|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U41531|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 2009; Who's Who states 2010.|group="n"}}
- 2008 Christopher Brian Stringer{{cite encyclopedia|title=STRINGER, Prof. Christopher Brian|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U4000756|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 2008; Who's Who states 2009.|group="n"}}
- 2007 Thomas Cavalier-Smith{{cite encyclopedia|title=CAVALIER-SMITH, Prof. Thomas|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10475|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 2007; Who's Who states 2008.|group="n"}}
- 2006 Brian Charlesworth
- 2005 Geoffrey Alan Parker{{cite encyclopedia|title=PARKER, Prof. Geoffrey Alan|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U30060|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 2004 Malcolm Burrows{{cite encyclopedia|title=BURROWS, Prof. Malcolm|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U9570|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 2004; Who's Who states 2005.|group="n"}}
- 2003 Quentin Bone
- 2002 Michael Patrick Hassell
- 2001 Nicholas Barry Davies{{cite encyclopedia|title=DAVIES, Prof. Nicholas Barry|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U13079|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 2000 Richard Alan Fortey{{cite encyclopedia|title=FORTEY, Dr Richard Alan|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U16176|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 2000; Who's Who states 2001.|group="n"}}
- 1999 Linda Partridge{{cite encyclopedia|title=PARTRIDGE, Dame Linda|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U30182|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1999; Who's Who states 2000.|group="n"}}
- 1998 John Hartley Lawton
- 1997 Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock{{cite encyclopedia|title=CLUTTON-BROCK, Prof. Timothy Hugh|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U11272|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1997; Who's Who states 1998.|group="n"}}
- 1996 John Richard Krebs{{cite encyclopedia|title=KREBS|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U23438|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1996; Who's Who states 1997.|group="n"}}
- 1995 Robert McCredie May
- 1994 Michael Francis Land{{cite encyclopedia|title=LAND, Prof. Michael Francis|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U23715|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1993 Roy Malcolm Anderson{{cite encyclopedia|title=ANDERSON, Prof. Sir Roy (Malcolm)|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U5491|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1992 Brian Keith Follett{{cite encyclopedia|title=FOLLETT, Sir Brian (Keith)|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U16020|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1992; Who's Who states 1993.|group="n"}}
- 1991 Robert Aubrey Hinde{{cite encyclopedia|title=HINDE, Prof. Robert Aubrey|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U20242|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1991; Who's Who states 1992.|group="n"}}
- 1990 William Donald Hamilton{{Cite journal | last1 = Grafen | first1 = A. | author-link = Alan Grafen| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2004.0009 | title = William Donald Hamilton. 1 August 1936 -- 7 March 2000 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 50 | pages = 109–132| year = 2004 | url = http://users.ox.ac.uk/~grafen/cv/WDH_memoir.pdf| doi-access = free }}{{cite encyclopedia|title=HAMILTON, Prof. William Donald|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U178949|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1990; Who's Who states 1991.|group="n"}}
- 1989 John Maynard Smith{{cite web|title=John Maynard Smith|publisher=Inamori Foundation|url=http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k17_b_john/prf_e.html|access-date=26 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104181504/http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k17_b_john/prf_e.html|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=John Maynard Smith|publisher=University of Sussex|url=http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/CSE/members/jms/jms.htm|access-date=26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1989; other sources state 1990.|group="n"}}
- 1988 Arthur James Cain{{Cite journal | last1 = Clarke | first1 = B. C. | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2007.0034 | title = Arthur James Cain. 25 July 1921 -- 20 August 1999 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 54 | pages = 47–57 | year = 2008 | s2cid = 73131707 }}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1988; other sources state 1990.|group="n"}}
- 1987 Eric James Denton{{cite encyclopedia|title=DENTON, Sir Eric (James)|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U13514|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1986 Vera Fretter{{cite journal|title=Other notices|journal=The Biologist|volume=34–35|year=1987|publisher=Institute of Biology}}
- 1985 James Desmond Smyth{{cite book|title= In Vitro Cultivation of Parasitic Helminths|first= James Desmond|last = Smyth|publisher=CRC Press|year=1990|no-pp=yes|page=The Frink Medal is mentioned in the editor biography in the introductory materials}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1985; other sources state 1986.|group="n"}}
- 1984 Percy Cyril Claude Garnham{{cite encyclopedia|title=GARNHAM, Prof. Percy Cyril Claude|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U172616|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1984; Who's Who states 1985.|group="n"}}
- 1983 Geoffrey Fryer{{cite encyclopedia|title=FRYER, Dr Geoffrey|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U16548|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1982 James Munro Dodd{{cite encyclopedia|title=DODD, Prof. James Munro|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U163608|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1981 James Eric Smith{{cite encyclopedia|title=SMITH, Sir (James) Eric|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U169235|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1980 William Homan Thorpe{{Cite journal | last1 = Hinde | first1 = R. A. | author-link = Robert Hinde| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1987.0022 | title = William Homan Thorpe. 1 April 1902-7 April 1986 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 33 | pages = 620–639 | year = 1987 | pmid = 11621438| jstor = 769965| doi-access = free }}{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Thornpe, Prof. William Homan| id = U169804 | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U169804| edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}}
- 1979 Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards{{cite news|last=Hilchey|first=Tim|date=8 February 1997|newspaper=New York Times|title=Vero Wynne-Edwards, 90, Evolution Theorist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/world/vero-wynne-edwards-90-evolution-theorist.html|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=WYNNE-EDWARDS, Vero Copner|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U182933|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1979; other sources state 1980.|group="n"}}
- 1978 Vincent Wigglesworth{{cite encyclopedia|title=WIGGLESWORTH, Sir Vincent (Brian)|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U176237|access-date= 25 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states 1978; other sources state 1979.|group="n"}}
- 1977 Sidnie Milana Manton{{cite encyclopedia|title=MANTON, Sidnie Milana (Mrs J. P. Harding)|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U157170|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1976 Ernest James William Barrington{{cite encyclopedia|title=BARRINGTON, Prof. Ernest James William|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U161791|access-date= 26 April 2015}}
- 1975 Alastair Graham{{cite web|last=Andrews|first=Elizabeth|title=Alastair Graham, FRS|url=http://www.malacsoc.org.uk/malacological_bulletin/BULL37/OBITUARY.htm|publisher=The Malacological Society of London|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=GRAHAM, Prof. Alastair|encyclopedia=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U178748|access-date= 26 April 2015}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website states and the obituary from The Malacological Society of London state 1975; Who's Who states 1976.|group="n"}}
- 1974 John Zachary Young{{cite book|title=Annual Report|publisher=The Zoological Society of London|year=1975|page=6}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website does not include this award in its listing as of March 2018, though it is mentioned in the Annual Report for 1975.|group="n"}}
- 1973 Julian Sorell Huxley{{cite book|title=Annual Report|publisher=The Zoological Society of London|year=1974|page=7}}{{#tag:ref|The ZSL website does not include this award in its listing as of March 2018, though it is mentioned in the Annual Report for 1974.|group="n"}}
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