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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". It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with over 9000 Fellows entitled to the postnominal FGS - over 2000 of whom are Chartered Geologists (CGeol). The Society is a Registered Charity, No 210161.

Bicentenary

The Society was founded in 1807. It was partly the outcome of a previous club known as the Askesian Society, and among the more prominent founders were William Babington, Humphry Davy and George Bellas Greenough. It received its Royal Charter in 1825 from George IV.

Since 1874 the Society has been based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. This building houses the Society's library, which contains more than 300,000 volumes of books and journals.[1] It is a member of the UK Science Council.

As the Society prepares for its bicentennial celebrations in 2007 a number of programmes are in hand to raise the profile of the geosciences in Britain and abroad under the auspices of the well-known popular science writer and palaeontologist Professor Richard Fortey, the President over that year.

Scientific awards and funds

In 1831 it began issuing an annual scientific award for geology, known as the Wollaston Medal. This is still the Society's premier medal, which in 2006 will be awarded to James Lovelock, the co founder of the so-called "Gaia Hypothesis".

Medals awarded by the Society

Funds administered by the Society

  • The Wollaston Fund
  • The Murchison Fund
  • The Lyell Fund
  • The William Smith Fund
  • The R. H. Worth Prize
  • The Distinguished Service Award

Bibliography

  • Herries Davies, G.L. (2007) Whatever is Under the Earth: The Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007, London : Geological Society, ISBN 1-86239-214-5

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The Askesian Society is a debating club for scientific thinkers, established in 1796 in London. The name was taken from the Greek term Askesis, meaning 'training' or 'application'. It was founded by William Allen, who allowed the use of his laboratory at No.
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William Babington (May 21, 1756 – April 29, 1833) was a British physician and mineralogist.

Babington was physician to Guy's Hospital from 1795 to 1811. He was president of the Geological Society of London from 1822 to 1824. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Sir Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy
Born November 17 1778(1778--)
Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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George Bellas Greenough (January 18, 1778 - April 2, 1855), English geologist, was born in London.

He was educated at Eton, and afterwards (1795) entered Pembroke College, Oxford, but never graduated.
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George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death.
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Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in London. It was originally a private Palladian mansion, and was expanded in the mid 19th century after being purchased by the British government.
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The Science Council is the umbrella body for scientific professional institutes and learned societies in the UK. Together, the member organisations represent over 400,000 scientists. A similar organisation, the Engineering Council UK (ECUK), covers engineering institutes.
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Richard A. Fortey FRS (born 1946 in London) is a British paleontologist and writer, formerly a Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum in London. Since 1997, he has been a member of the Royal Society.

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The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.

The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of palladium, a metal discovered by Wollaston.
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Dr. James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS (born 26 July 1919) is an independent scientist, author, researcher, environmentalist, and futurologist who lives in Cornwall, in the south west of Great Britain.
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The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.

The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of palladium, a metal discovered by Wollaston.
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The Lyell Medal is a prestigious annual scientific medal given by the Geological Society of London, equal in status to the Murchison Medal, awarded on the basis of research to an Earth Scientist of exceptional quality. It is named after Charles Lyell.
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This article is about the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London. This should not be confused with the Murchison Award given by the Royal Geographical Society.

An award established by Roderick Murchison, who died in 1871.
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The Prestwich Medal is a medal of the Geological Society of London established in the will of Joseph Prestwich "to apply the accumulated annual proceeds…at the end of every three years, in providing a Gold Medal to the value of Twenty Pounds which, with the remainder of the
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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.
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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.
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The Sue Tyler Friedman Medal is awarded by the Geological Society of London for work on the history of geology. It is named after Sue Tyler Friedman.

Sue Tyler Friedman Medalists

  • 1988 Martin J. S.

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The Bigsby Medal is a medal of the Geological Society of London established by John Jeremiah Bigsby. It is awarded for the study of American geology and recipients must be under 45 years of age.
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The Murchison Fund is an award given by the Geological Society of London to researchers under the age of 40 who have contributed substantially to the study of hard rock and tectonic geology. It is named in honour of Prof. Roderick Impey Murchison.
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The President of the Geological Society of London is the President of the Geological Society of London.

List of Presidents

  • 1807 - 1813 George Bellas Greenough
  • 1813 - 1815 Henry Grey Bennet
  • 1815 - 1816 William Blake
  • 1816 - 1818 John MacCulloch

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Geology of the British Isles is hugely varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the islands. This varied geology has also meant that the country has been an important source for the formation of many geological concepts.
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