HONORARY MEMBERS, MEDALS, ALFRED NEWTON LECTURES
Honorary Members
The BOU's Rules allow for the appointment of up to 20 Honorary Members for their distinguishes contribution to ornithology. The current Honorary Members are:
- Dr F. Bernis (Spain)
- Dr P. Berthold (Germany)
- Dr J. Blondel (France)
- Prof V.E. Flint (Russia)
- Dr E. Mayr (USA)
- Dr A. Schifferli (Switzerland)
- Dr S. Somadikarta (Indonesia)
- Prof S. Ulfstrand (Sweden )
- Dr U. Glutz von Blotzheim (Switzerland)
- Dr J. Warham (New Zealand)
Founders Gold Medal
Presented to the four original Members surviving at the Jubilee Celebration, 9 December 1908
- F. D. Godman
- P. S. Godman
- W. H. Hudleston
- P. L. Sclater
The Godman-Salvin Medallists
The Godman-Salvin Medal is awarded by BOU Council to an individual as a signal honour for distinguished ornithological work.
- 1922 — W. E. Clarke
- 1929 — E. Hartert
- 1930 — W. L. Sclater
- 1936 — H. Lynes
- 1938 — H. F. Witherby
- 1946 — P. R. Lowe
- 1951 — R. Meinertzhagen
- 1959 — D. L. Lack, Sir A. Landsborough Thomson
- 1962 — E. M. Nicholson
- 1966 — R. E. Moreau
- 1968 — W. H. Thorpe
- 1969 — N. Tinbergen
- 1971 — Sir Julian S. Huxley
- 1977 — V.C. Wynne-Edwards
- 1982 — D.W. Snow
- 1988 — C.M. Perrins
- 1990 — G.M. Dunnet
- 1991 — D.A. Ratcliffe
- 1992 — J.C. Coulson
- 1995 — E. Mayr
- 1996 — P.R. Evans
- 1999 — G.R. Potts
- 2004 — J.P. Croxall
The Union Medallists
The Union Medal is awarded by BOU Council to a Union Member in recognition of eminent services to ornithology and to the Union.
- 1912 — W. Goodfellow, C. H. B. Grant,
- 1948 — W. P. Lowe
- 1953 — A. W. Boyd
- 1959 — W. B. Alexander, E. A. Armstrong, D. A. Bannerman, Miss E. V. Baxter, P. M Scott
- 1960 — C. W. Benson
- 1967 — Salim Ali
- 1968 — J. M. M. Fisher, C. R. S. Pitman
- 1969 — C. W. Mackworth_Praed
- 1970 — L. H. Brown
- 1971 — S. Marchant, H. N. Southern, B. Stonehouse
- 1972 — D. Goodwin, N. W. Moore
- 1973 — Mrs B. P. Hall
- 1975 — K. H. Voous
- 1976 — K. Williamson, G. C. Shortridge, A. F. R. Wollaston
- 1979 — K. E. L. Simmons
- 1980 — G. V. T. Matthews
- 1984 — S. Cramp, P. A. D. Hollom, G. Mountfort
- 1987 — I. Newton
- 1988 — J. F. Monk
- 1989 — R. Spencer
- 1991 — F. B. M. Campbell
- 1992 — M. P. Harris
- 1993 — R. M. Lockley
- 1995 — R. Tory Peterson
- 1996 — C. J. Mead
- 1997 — R. A. F. Gillmor, J. S. Ash
- 1998 — J. Kear
- 2004 — G. Bonham
Alfred Newton Lecture
The object of the Alfred Newton Lecture should be the presentation of a major lecture by an internationally renowned figure on an appropriate ornithological theme. The lecture should come from a world-wide pool; the lecture should be given annually at one or other of the BOU's main meetings and should be linked with the conference theme wherever possible, and would normally be published in Ibis.
- 1994 Prof Ian Newton
- 1995 Prof Janet Kear
- 1998 Prof Jared Diamond
- 2003 Prof Christopher Perrins
BOU Ibis Award
An award recognising the outstanding achievement of younger ornithologists.
- 2006 J. Vickery
- 2003 W. Cresswell
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