Jackson-Gwilt Medal
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The Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society has been awarded regularly since 1897 for the invention, improvement, or development of astronomical instrumentation or techniques; for achievement in observational astronomy; or for achievement in research into the history of astronomy.
The medal is named after Hannah Jackson née Gwilt.
Winners of the medal were:
- 2006 Keith Taylor
- 2004 Pat Wallace
- 2001 John E. Baldwin
- 1998 Alexander Boksenberg
- 1995 Janet Akyüz Mattei
- 1992 Richard Stephenson
- 1989 Richard E. Hills
- 1986 David Malin
- 1983 Grote Reber
- 1980 Roger Griffin
- 1977 Patrick Moore
- 1974 Geoffrey Perry
- 1971 Alan William James Cousins
- 1968 John Guy Porter
- 1963 George Eric Deacon Alcock
- 1960 F. M. Bateson and A. F. A. L. Jones [1]
- 1956 R. P. de Kock
- 1953 John Philip Manning Prentice
- 1949 Algernon Montagu Newbegin
- 1946 Harold William Newton
- 1942 Reginald Lawson Waterfield
- 1938 Frederick J. Hargreaves and Percy Mayow Ryves
- 1935 Walter Frederick Gale
- 1931 Clyde William Tombaugh
- 1928 William Reid and William Herbert Steavenson
- 1923 A. Stanley Williams and William Sadler Franks
- 1918 T. E. R. Phillips
- 1913 Thomas Henry Espinell Compton Espin
- 1909 Philibert Jacques Melotte
- 1905 John Tebbutt
- 1902 Thomas David Anderson
- 1897 Lewis Swift
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