Thomson Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand)
The Thomson Medal is a medal awarded annually since 1984 by the Royal Society of New Zealand for 'organisation, support and application of science and/or technology and/or the humanities in New Zealand.'[1]
Recipients
| Year | Recipient[2] |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Alan Mackney[3] |
| 1986 | Colin Maiden[4] |
| 1987 | Ian Baumgart[5] |
| 1988 | Jim Hodge[6] |
| 1989 | Angus Tait |
| 1992 | Mike Collins |
| 1994 | Don Llewellyn |
| 1996 | Richard Sadleir |
| 1998 | Jim Johnston |
| 2000 | Robert Anderson |
| 2004 | John Ayers |
| 2006 | John Hay |
| 2007 | John Alexander Kernohan |
| 2008 | Andy West |
| 2009 | Richard Garland |
| 2010 | Shaun Coffey |
| 2011 | Neville Jordan |
| 2012 | Richard Furneaux |
| 2013 | Peter Lee |
| 2014 | Rob Murdoch |
| 2015 | Richard Blaikie |
| 2016 | Bruce Campbell |
| 2017 | Charles Eason |
| 2018 | Carolyn Burns |
| 2019 | Timothy Haskell |
| 2020 | John Caradus |
| 2021 | Gary Wilson |
| 2022 | David Hutchinson[7] |
| 2023 | Nicola Gaston[8] |
| 2024 | Sergei Gulyaev[9] |
| 2025 | Carolyn King[10] |
Notes
- ^ "Thomson Medal". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
- ^ "Recipients". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Lambert 1991, p. 399.
- ^ Lambert 1991, p. 413.
- ^ Lambert 1991, p. 41.
- ^ Lambert 1991, p. 291.
- ^ "The Dunedin Study wins Rutherford Medal and other Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated in Ōtepoti Dunedin". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Jamie Morton (9 November 2023). "'Tenacious boldness': Top honour for change-making NZ scientist". NZ Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "2024 Thomson Medal: Tuning into space research through radio astronomy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ "Researchers celebrated at 2025 Research Honours Aotearoa events". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
References
- Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. ISBN 9780790001302.