Caird Medal

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The Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum was instituted in 1984 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the National Maritime Museum Act of 1934 that established the museum. The medal is awarded annually to "an individual who, in the opinion of the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum, has done conspicuously important work in the field of the Museum's interests and is of a nature which involves communicating with the public. The medal is named for Sir James Caird (1864–1954), the principal donor at the founding of the National Maritime Museum.

The award of the medal is associated with the Caird Lecture, a public lecture presented by the recipient, which is usually published after the lecture.

[edit] The Caird Medalists

• 1984 Eric McKee
• 1985 Michael S. Robinson
• 1987 Jules van Beylen
• 1989 C. R. Boxer
• 1990 Helen Wallis
• 1991 John F. Coates and John Sinclair Morrison
• 1992 Richard Ollard
• 1993 Gerard L.E. Turner
• 1994 Glyndwr Williams
• 1995 Margaret Rule
• 1996 John de Courcy Ireland
• 1997 Felipe Fernández-Armesto
• 1998 Elly Dekker
• 1999 Elisabeth Mann-Borgese
• 2000 John Hattendorf
• 2002 Robert Ballard
• 2004 Sir David Attenborough
• 2005 Paul Kennedy
• 2006 David Armitage