Musgrave Medal
Sir Anthony Musgrave
The Musgrave Medal is awarded by the Institute of Jamaica in recognition of achievement in art, science, and literature.[1] Originally conceived in 1889 and named in memory of Sir Anthony Musgrave, the founder of the Institute and the former Governor of Jamaica who had died the previous year, the medal was the first to be awarded in the Western Hemisphere.
The medals were initially awarded as prizes in a cultural competition, but in 1941 the gold medal was initiated and awarded in recognition of a distinguished contribution to one of the above-named fields. The first recipient of the gold medal was Edna Manley.
In 2011, eight Musgrave Medals were awarded, with a gold medal for Hedley Jones, designer and builder of Jamaica's first solid body electric guitar in 1940, and builder of audio equipment including some of Jamaica's early sound systems and much of the equipment in Studio One.[2]
Gold Medal Winners
Source: Institute of Jamaica
- 2014: Anthony C. Winkler, sculpture; Petrona Morrison, education; Celia Christie-Samuels, medical research[3]
- 2013: Lee “Scratch” Perry, music; Franklin Knight, social history [4]
- 2012: Horace Fletcher, medical science; Edward Baugh, poetry and scholarship [5]
- 2011: Hedley Jones, music and audio engineering
- 2010: Terrence Forrester, science
- 2009: Wycliffe Bennett, arts development
- 2008: Carey Robinson, community development & heritage; Mercedes Richards, astronomy
- 2007: Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, development of Jamaican music; Bertram Fraser-Reid, chemistry
- 2006: Kamau Brathwaite, literature
- 2005: Richard Hart, history
- 2004: Olive Senior, documenting Jamaican heritage; Mico College, recognizing the importance of Jamaican culture
- 2003: Chris Blackwell, development of Jamaican music; Franklyn Prendergast, medicine
- 2002: David Pottinger, art; Clement Seymore 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd, music
- 2001: Hon. Lawson Douglas, urology
- 2000: Monty Alexander, music; Basil Barrington Watson, art ; University Singers, music
- 1999: Erna Brodber, literature ; Errol Morrison, medical science ; Lorna Goodison, poetry
- 1998: Jamaica Library Service, literature ; University of the West Indies
- 1997: No gold medal awarded
- 1996: Sir Roy Augier, Caribbean education history; Stuart Hall, sociological studies
- 1995: David Boxer, art through institution building and scholarship; Graham Roger Serjeant, medical science; John Golding, medical science
- 1994: Peter Abrahams, fiction and journalism ; Manley West, pharmacology
- 1993: No gold medal awarded
- 1989–92: Osmond Watson, art; Barry Higman, history; Gerald Lalor, science: Robert Hill, history
- 1988: Alfred Sangster, science and technical education ; Trevor Rhone, drama ; Clive Thompson, dance
- 1987: Olive Lewin, music ; Carl Abrahams, art ; Francis Nicholas, dance
- 1986: Derek Walcott, literature ; Kenneth E.N. Ingram, librarianship and history scholarship
- 1985: Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds, painting and sculpture
- 1984: Cecil A. Baugh, ceramics
- 1983: Frederic G. Cassidy, philology and etymology
- 1982: Clinton Black, history (archival development)
- 1981: Rex Nettleford, dance and West Indian cultural development
- 1980: George Proctor, botany
- 1979: No gold medal awarded
- 1978: Louise Bennett, poetry and theatre
- 1977: Alicia Alonso, artistic excellence ; Ronald Moody, sculpture
- 1976: Victor Stafford Reid, literature
- 1975: Little Theatre Movement, theatre
- 1974: Nicolas Guillen, literature ; Albert Huie, art
- 1973: No gold medal awarded
- 1972: Michael G. Smith , anthropology
- 1971: Amy Jacques Garvey, history
- 1970: Alvin Marriot, sculpture
- 1969: Ansel Hart, history
- 1968: Roger Mais, literature, posthumously
- 1967: No gold medal awarded
- 1966: Phillip Sherlock, history and literature
- 1965: Theodore E. Sealy, cultural development
- 1959–64: No gold medals awarded
- 1958: J.E. Clare McFarlane, poetry
- 1955–57: No gold medals awarded
- 1954: W. Adolphe Roberts, history literature
- 1952–53: No gold medals awarded
- 1951: George Goode, music
- 1944–50: No gold medals awarded
- 1943: Ena Ada Josephine, art and literature
- 1942: No gold medal awarded
- 1941: Edna Manley, art and literature (first award)
References
- ↑ Webster, Valerie J (2000) Awards, Honors & Prizes, Volume 2, Gale Group, ISBN 978-0787634056, p. 447
- ↑ "Honouring Headley - Veteran musician receives Musgrave Gold medal", Jamaica Observer, 14 October 2011, retrieved 2012-04-30
- ↑ "Anthony Winkler and Jasmine Thomas-Girvan reap Musgrave Gold". susumba. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "Eight Outstanding Jamaicans Awarded Musgrave Medals". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "Musgrave Awardees". Institute of Jamaica. Retrieved 6 February 2015.