William Smith Medal

The William Smith Medal is a medal of the Geological Society of London, awarded for outstanding research in applied or economic geology. It was first awarded in 1977. It is named after William Smith. [1]

Smith Medalists

Source: Geological Society

Twentieth century
  • 1977 Robert Ferguson Legget
  • 1978 Marion King Hubbert
  • 1979 William Harry Mayne
  • 1980 George Armstrong
  • 1981 John Stewart Webb
  • 1982 Albert W. Bally
  • 1983 Roy Woodall
  • 1984 Bernard Pierre Tissot
  • 1985 Peter George Fookes
  • 1986 Peter Robbins Vail
  • 1987 Robert Stanton
  • 1988 Peter Ziegler
  • 1989 Richard Allen Downing
  • 1990 Desmond A Pretorius
  • 1991 William Robert Dearman
  • 1992 Daniel Francis Merriam
  • 1993 Evert Hoek
  • 1994 Ziad Rafiq Beydoun
  • 1995 John Knill
  • 1996 Richard Henry Sillitoe
  • 1997 John Anthony Cherry
  • 1998 Stephen Larter
  • 1999 John William Lloyd
  • 2000 Denys Brunsden

Twenty-first century
  • 2001 Kenneth William Glennie
  • 2002 Nicholas Ambraseys
  • 2003 Richard Hardman
  • 2004 Jeffrey Hedenquist
  • 2005 Robert Knipe
  • 2006 Stephen Foster
  • 2007 Michael Worthington
  • 2008 Martin Sinha
  • 2009 Michael Russell
  • 2010 Henry Posamentier
  • 2011 Robert Stuart Haszeldine
  • 2012 Willy Aspinall
  • 2013 Dr Martin P A Jackson
  • 2014 Peter Styles
  • 2015 Anthony DorĂ©
  • 2016 Michael de Freitas
  • 2017 John Walsh
  • 2018 Peter Dolan
  • 2019 Frances Wall
  • 2020 Emma Jude [2]
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See also

References
  1. "William Smith Medal". Geological Society. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. "2020 awards and funds winners". Geological Society of London. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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