List of Recipients
| Year | Name | Lecture | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Davies, John David GriffithJohn David Griffith Davies | John Wilkins and the Royal Society. | — |
| 1949 | Andrade, Edward Neville da CostaEdward Neville da Costa Andrade | Robert Hoke. | — |
| 1950 | Cole, Francis JosephFrancis Joseph Cole | The history of micro-dissection. | — |
| 1952 | Hartley, Harold BrewerHarold Brewer Hartley | Sir Humphry Davy, Bt, P.R.S. | — |
| 1955 | Schonland, BasilBasil Schonland | Benjamin Franklin, natural philosopher. | — |
| 1958 | Needham, JosephJoseph Needham | The missing link in horological history: a Chinese contribution. | — |
| 1961 | Beer, Gavin Rylands deGavin Rylands de Beer | The origins of Darwins ideas on evolution and natural selection. | — |
| 1964 | Santillana, Giorgio deGiorgio de Santillana | Galileo today. | — |
| 1967 | Keynes, Geoffrey LangdonGeoffrey Langdon Keynes | Bacon, Harvey, and the originators of the Royal Society. | — |
| 1970 | Jones, Reginald VictorReginald Victor Jones | The plain story of James Watt. | — |
| 1973 | Hall, Alfred RupertAlfred Rupert Hall | Newton and his editors. | — |
| 1976 | Gowing, MargaretMargaret Gowing | Science, technology and education: England in 1870. | — |
| 1979 | Whitteridge, GwenethGweneth Whitteridge | On the local movement of animals. | — |
| 1982 | Smith, SydneySydney Smith | One hundred years after Charles Darwin. | — |
| 1985 | Stearn, William ThomasWilliam Thomas Stearn | John Wilkins, John Ray and Carl Linnaeus. | — |
| 1988 | Landes, David S.David S. Landes | Brain and hand in the development of technology of time-measurement. | — |
| 1991 | Mason, Stephen FinneyStephen Finney Mason | Bishop John Wilkins FRS. | — |
| 1994 | Chapman, AllanAllan Chapman | Edmond Halley as a historian of science. | — |
| 1997 | King-Hele, Desmond GeorgeDesmond George King-Hele | Erasmus Darwin, the Lunatiks and evolution. | — |
| 2000 | Porter, RoyRoy Porter | Reflections on scientific and medical futurology since the time of John Wilkins. | — |
| 2003 | Jardine, LisaLisa Jardine | Dr Wilkins's boy wonders. | — |
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