Aberconway Medal
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The Aberconway Medal is a medal of the Geological Society of London
, formerly awarded annually by the Institution of Geologists but since the Institution's merger with the Society in 1990 it has been awarded biannually by the Society. The award was made with a gift from English China Clays and its chairman Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
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Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth"...
, formerly awarded annually by the Institution of Geologists but since the Institution's merger with the Society in 1990 it has been awarded biannually by the Society. The award was made with a gift from English China Clays and its chairman Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
Charles Melville McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway, JP was a British industrialist and horticulturalist. He was the son of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel Macnaghten.-Education:...
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Awarded by the Institution of Geologists
- 1980 Dan Ion
- 1981 Peter GaffneyPeter GaffneyPeter Gaffney is an American writer and editor. He is best known for his writing work on The Simpsons and Rugrats. He spent five years as a writer and creative consultant for MTV...
- 1982 David Burdon
- 1983 Wallace Spencer PitcherWallace Spencer Pitcher-Career:Pitcher was born in London and became interested in fossils in childhood. At 17 he started work as an assistant assayer, attending college part-time to study for a degree in Chemistry and Geology at Chelsea College, London, graduating after war service in 1947.Professor Herbert Harold Read...
- 1984 Bob Cummings
- 1985 Douglas Bassett
- 1986 Sir Kingsley Dunham
- 1987 Rick Brassington
- 1988 Richard Fox
- 1989 Sir John KnillJohn KnillJohn Knill born at Callington in Cornwall was a slightly eccentric mayor of St Ives, Cornwall, in 1767 and Collector of Customs at St Ives from 1762–1782. He built his own memorial, a high granite obelisk known as Knill's steeple...
- 1990 John Lloyd
- 1991 Chris Wilson
Awarded by the Geological Society
- 1992 Stephen Henley
- 1994 Malcolm Butler Malcolm ButlerMalcolm Partridge Butler was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a full back in The Football League for Blackpool and Accrington Stanley. He also won one cap for Ireland.-Club career:...
- 1996 Richard HubbardRichard HubbardRichard Hubbard or Dick Hubbard may refer to:*Richard D. Hubbard , American legislator and state executive; Democrat from Connecticut who served in State House in 1842, 1855 and 1858 and represented 1st congressional district in 1867–69; Governor *Richard B...
- 1998 David Savage
- 2000 Jonathan Gluyas
- 2002 Andrew Mackenzie
- 2004 Jeremy Giles
- 2006 Robert Holdsworth