Jackson-Gwilt Medal

Jackson-Gwilt Medal
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. ^[1]

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^[2] except where otherwise noted

• 2016 Bruce Swinyard^[3]
• 2015 Allan Chapman^[4]
• 2014 George W. Fraser^[5]
• 2013 Vikram Dhillon^[6]
• 2012 Joss Bland-Hawthorn^[7]
• 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^[8]
• 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

1. "Awards, Medals and Prizes - Jackson-Gwilt Medal". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. "Jackson-Gwilt Medal Winners" (PDF). RAS website. Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
3. "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicist". RAS. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
4. "2015 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes". Royal Astronomical Society. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
5. "Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
6. "2013 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes". Royal Astronomical Society. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
7. "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
8. "The award of the Jackson-Gwilt Medal and Gift jointly to Mr F. M. Bateson and Mr A. F. A. L. Jones (address)". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 1: 27. 1960. Bibcode:1960QJRAS...1...27.