The Linnean Tercentenary Medal was commissioned in 2007 by the Linnean Society to commemorate the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus. Recipients were in two categories: Silver Medal and Bronze Medal, for outstanding contributions to natural history.

The front of the medal features an illustration by Linnaeus of Andromeda (mythology)

Andromeda (mythology)

Andromeda is a princess from Greek mythology who, as divine punishment for her mother's bragging, the Boast of Cassiopeia, was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster. She was saved from death by Perseus, her future husband. Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek Ἀνδρομέδη...

 next to one of the plant he named Andromeda, from his 1732 expedition to Lapland

Expedition to Lapland

The Expedition to Lapland, the northernmost region in Sweden, by Carl Linnaeus in 1732 was an important part of his scientific career.Linnaeus departed from Uppsala and travelled clockwise around the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia over the course of six months, making major inland incursions from...

 and on the back, a spiral design made from illustrations taken from Systema Naturae

Systema Naturae

The book was one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carolus Linnaeus. The first edition was published in 1735...

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Silver Medal

• Sir David Attenborough CBE, Hon. FLS, FRS
• Professor Steve Jones
  Steve Jones
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   FLS
• Professor Edward O. Wilson FMLS, ForMemRS

Bronze Medal

• Ms Gina Douglas FLS
• Dr Jenny Edmonds FLS
• Professor Carl-Olof Jacobsen FLS
• Professor Bengt Jonsell FLS
• Dr Martyn Rix FLS
• Mr Nigel Rowland FLS
• Ms Elaine Shaughnessy FLS

External links

• The Linnaean Tercentenary Medal official site