Hutton Medal
The Hutton Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Society Te Apārangi to a researcher who, working within New Zealand, has significantly advanced understanding through work of outstanding scientific or technological merit.
Requirements
Prior to 2017 it was awarded in rotation for research in animal sciences, earth sciences, or plant sciences. From, and including, 2017, it is awarded to any of the three disciplines but will not normally be awarded in the same discipline two years in a row. The awardee must have received the greater part of his/her education in New Zealand or have resided in New Zealand for not less than 10 years.[1]
The bronze medal has a portrait of Hutton on one side, with a landscape on the reverse featuring a kiwi, a tuatara, New Zealand plants (Celmisia, Phormium, Cordyline) and an active volcano in the background.
Background
The award is named after Frederick Wollaston Hutton FRS (1836–1905). Hutton was the first President of the New Zealand Institute (the forerunner to the Royal Society), serving from 1904 to 1905. In 1909 the Hutton Memorial Fund was established to support the Hutton Medal and also grants for research in New Zealand zoology, botany or geology.
Until 1996 the medal was awarded not more than once every three years, from 1996 to 2008 the medal was awarded biennially and from 2009 it has been awarded annually.
Recipients
There have been the following recipients of the Hutton Medal.[2]
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Neil Gemmell, "for his research that is fundamentally changing our understanding of animal ecology and evolution and is driving the development of new approaches for conservation and management of the world’s rarest species"[3] |
| 2019 | Philip Hulme, "for his outstanding contributions to the knowledge of plant invasions in New Zealand, especially his innovative insights in why and how non-native plants become invasive weeds"[4] |
| 2018 | Bruce Hayward, "for outstanding contributions to the knowledge of New Zealand's marine ecology and geology"[5] |
| 2017 | Roger Cooper, "for his contributions to understanding the geological foundations and the earliest organisms of Zealandia and beyond and for his role in maintaining and developing paleobiology expertise in New Zealand, which uses rocks to study ancient biology"[6] |
| 2016 | Wendy Nelson, "for her significant contributions to understanding the diversity, biology and evolution of marine macroalgae"[7] |
| 2015 | Lionel Carter, "for his career-long contributions to marine geology in New Zealand through fundamental investigations of sea-floor geological processes and their application to assessment of hazards and resources" |
| 2014 | Not awarded |
| 2013 | Dave Kelly, "for developing knowledge of native flora in New Zealand and defining the key interactions between plants and animals. He has made long-term studies of South Island ecosystems, including decade-long studies to understand ‘mast seeding’ where plant species synchronise production of an unusually large seed crop" |
| 2012 | R. Ewan Fordyce, "for his seminal contributions in New Zealand vertebrate paleontology, particularly for whales, dolphins and penguins" |
| 2011 | Robert Poulin, "for his leading research in the field of parasitic diseases, especially for his work in ecological parasitology, an area of particular relevance to New Zealand’s marine and freshwater ecosystems" |
| 2010 | David Galloway, "for his significant contributions to understanding the New Zealand environment, particularly through his botanical work on New Zealand lichens" |
| 2009 | Colin Wilson, "for his outstanding work on volcanism" |
| 2008 | Bryce Buddle, "for his world-leading research into controlling infectious animal diseases" |
| 2006 | Colin James Webb, "for major contributions to plant systematics and evolutionary biology" |
| 2004 | Campbell Symes Nelson, "for major contributions in the fields of sedimentology and paleoclimate research" |
| 2002 | Roger Morris "for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of animal science as a veterinarian and epidemiologist" |
| 2000 | Henry Eamonn Connor and Elizabeth Edgar, "for their extremely meritorious contributions to the botanical classification and documentation of New Zealand’s flora" |
| 1999 | Hugh Mannering Bibby, "for fundamental contributions to earth sciences in earth deformation analysis and geo-electrical prospecting" |
| 1998 | Alan Henry Kirton, "for his outstanding contribution to meat science and technology" |
| 1997 | Alan Francis Mark |
| 1996 | Richard John Norris, "for his major impact on the understanding of geological processes at the continental (New Zealand) plate boundary" |
| 1995 | Geoffrey Thomas Sandford Baylis |
| 1992 | George Hodge Scott |
| 1989 | Rufus Michael Grant Wells |
| 1986 | Eric John Godley |
| 1983 | Richard Patrick Suggate |
| 1980 | George Alexander Knox |
| 1977 | William Raymond Philipson |
| 1974 | Maxwell Gage |
| 1971 | Raymond Robert Forster |
| 1968 | Norcott de Bisson Hornibrook |
| 1965 | Lucy Beatrice Moore |
| 1962 | Howard Barraclough Fell |
| 1959 | Laurence Robert Richardson |
| 1956 | Charles Alexander Fleming |
| 1953 | John Marwick |
| 1950 | Walter Reginald Brook Oliver |
| 1947 | Charles Andrew Cotton |
| 1944 | William Noel Benson |
| 1941 | Harry Howard Allan |
| 1938 | David Miller |
| 1935 | Gordon Herriot Cunningham |
| 1932 | John Arthur Bartrum |
| 1929 | George Vernon Hudson |
| 1926 | Charles Chilton |
| 1923 | James Allan Thomson |
| 1920 | John Ernest Holloway |
| 1917 | Patrick Marshall |
| 1914 | Leonard Cockayne |
| 1911 | William Blaxland Benham |
References
- "Hutton Medal". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "Recipients". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- "2020 Hutton Medal: Understanding the biology of 'mother's curse', sex change in fish and the tuatara genome". Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- "2019 Hutton Medal: Why New Zealand is one of the weediest nations and what to do about it". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "2018 Hutton Medal: What microscopic marine amoeba can tell us about our past climate, sea levels and earthquakes". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 17 October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "2017 Hutton Medal: Understanding the geological and evolutionary origins of Zealandia". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "2016 Hutton Medal: Understanding New Zealand's diverse marine flora". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2020.