Scientific prizes and awards / General

James Cook Medal

Royal Society of New South Wales

Description

The Cook Medal was first set up in 1947 with funding by Henry Ferdinand Halloran. Halloran, who had joined the Society in 1892 as a 23 year-old, was a surveyor, engineer and town planner. He did not publish anything in the Society's Journal, but he was a very enthusiastic supporter of research. Halloran funded what were to become the Society's two most prestigious awards, the James Cook Medal, and the Edgeworth David Medal, the latter the medal for young scientists.

The James Cook Medal is awarded at intervals for outstanding contributions to science and human welfare in and for the Southern Hemisphere (J&P RSNSW v.129, pts 3-4, p.117).

Recipients

1999 : Peter Colman