Historical Awards and Lectures
| Lecture | Created | Description | Recent lecturer/winner | Notes |
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| Bernal Lecture | 1969 | The Bernal Lecture was a Royal Society lecture given triennially "on some aspect of the social function of science". It was named after John Desmond Bernal and last given in 2004. It is now included in the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture | Michael Crumpton 2004 |
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| Esso Energy Award | 1974 | The Esso Energy Award was created following a donation by Esso. It was awarded "for outstanding contributions to the advancement of science or engineering or technology leading to the more efficient mobilization, use or conservation of energy resources" and was given for the final time in 1999. | Takeshi Uchiyamada 1999 |
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| Florey Lecture | 1981 | The Florey Lecture was established in 1981 in collaboration with the Australian National University. It was held in Australia and the United Kingdom in alternate years and ceased when the collaboration period ended in 1992. | Hugh Pelham 1992 |
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| Medawar Lecture | 1985 | The Medawar Lecture was established in 1985 after an anonymous donation of £5000. It was held triennially to honour Peter Medawar and last given in 2004; it is now included in the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture. | Peter Lipton 2004 |
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| Philips Lecture | 1980 | The Philips Lecture was established in 1985 in collaboration with Philips for an initial five-year period; it was subsequently renewed in 1985. Held annually it was last given in 1992. | C. Thomas Elliott 1992 |
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| Pilgrim Trust Lecture | 1938 | The Pilgrim Trust Lecture was created in 1938 in collaboration with the Pilgrim Trust, who sponsored a series of lectures to be organised by the Royal Society and the United States National Academy of Sciences and to be held in Washington, D.C. and London in alternate years. The last lecture of the series was given in 1945. | Hermann Joseph Muller 1945 |
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| Tercentenary Lectures | 1960 | The Tercentenary Lectures were a series of lectures held at the tercentenary of the Royal Society of London in 1960 | Vincent Wigglesworth 1960 |
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| Wilkins Lecture | 1947 | The Wilkins Lecture was created in 1947 after a donation from JD Griffith Davies, the Royal Society secretary. It was named after John Wilkins, the first secretary of the Royal Society, and last given in 2006. It is now included in the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture. | John L. Heilbron 2006 |
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| Microsoft Award | 2006 | The Microsoft Award was awarded annually to scientists who had made "a major contribution to the advancement of science through the use of computational methods". It was shared between the Royal Society and the French Academy of Sciences and accompanied by a grant of € 250,000, of which 243,000 was for research purposes and 7000 was a gift to the winner. Last given in 2009, the award has now been replaced by the Milner Award. | Peer Bork 2009 |
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| UK-Canada Rutherford Lecture | 1982 | The UK-Canada Rutherford Lecture was an international lecture of the Royal Society created following an agreement between the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Canada in 1982. It was held annually with the location alternating between Canada and the United Kingdom, and its stated purpose was "to strengthen links between the two societies and between scientists in Canada and the United Kingdom generally". | John Earnest Walker 2010 |
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| Blackett Memorial Lecture | 1975 | The Blackett Memorial Lecture was maintained by the Royal Society and the Indian National Science Academy, and was named after Patrick Blackett. Lectures were held biennially and alternated between locations in India (proposed by the Indian National Science Academy) and locations in the United Kingdom (proposed by the Royal Society). | Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan 2010 |
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| Claude Bernard Lecture | 1984 | The Claude Bernard Lecture was (along with the Humphry Davy Lecture) one of two lectures created following an agreement between the Royal Society and the French Academy of Sciences in 1984. The lecture was named after Claude Bernard and was given annually by a senior French scientist on a visit to the United Kingdom | Jean-Baptiste Leblond 2008 |
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| Humphry Davy Lecture | 1984 | The Humphry Davy Lecture was (along with the Claude Bernard Lecture) one of two lectures created following an agreement between the Royal Society and the French Academy of Sciences in 1984. The lecture was named after Humphry Davy and was given annually by a senior British scientist on a visit to France | David Baulcombe 2010 |
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