Stamford Raffles Award
Stamford Raffles Award is an award of the Zoological Society of London. It is "For distinguished contributions to zoology, open to amateur zoologists or, to a professional zoologist in recognition of contributions which are outside the scope of his professional activities and principal specialisation."[1]
List of awardees
Source: Zoological Society of London
20th century
- 1961 Dr W.S. Bristowe for contributions to arachnology
- 1962 Dr. Reginald Ernest Moreau for contributions to ornithology
- 1963 Cyril Winthrop Mackworth Praed for contributions to ornithology
- 1964 Claud William Wright for contributions to palaeontology
- 1965 Dr Ernest Neal for contributions to mammalogy and entomology
- 1966 The Reverend Edward Allworthy Armstrong for contributions to ornithology
- 1967 Dr Maxwell Savage for contributions to knowledge of the amphibians
- 1968 Guy Mountfort for his contributions to the study of natural history
- 1969 Rex A. Jubb for contributions to southern African ichthyology
- 1970 D.R. Rosevear in recognition of contributions to knowledge of West African mammalian fauna
- 1971 Beryl Patricia Hall for work on the taxonomy and zoogeography of African birds
- 1972 Dr Lionel George Higgins for outstanding contributions to knowledge of Lepidoptera
- 1973 George Hazlewood "Ted" Locket for contributions to arachnology
- 1974 Arthur Erskine Ellis for contributions to the study of molluscs
- 1975 Lieutenant-Colonel John Neville Eliot for distinguished taxonomic work on Lepidoptera, particularly the family Lycaenidae
- 1977 Stanley Cramp for contributions to ornithology
- 1978 Jonathan Kingdon for contributions to the study of East African mammals
- 1979 Stella Turk for contributions to the study of seahorse life and marine molluscs
- 1980 Dr Edward H. Eason for distinguished work on the taxonomy of centipedes
- 1981 Lt.-Col. A. Maitland Emmet for work on Microlepidoptera
- 1982 Mr R Moylan Gambles for distinguished work on Odonata
- 1983 Major W.D. Gallagher for contributions to the ornithology of Arabia
- 1984 Dr Walter J. Le Quesne for distinguished contribution to the taxonomy and biology of Hemiptera
- 1985 Dr A. Frank Millidge for distinguished contributions to arachnology
- 1987 Miss Fiona Guiness for contributions to research on red deer in the British Isles
- 1988 Mr W. F. H. Ansell for contribution to knowledge of the taxonomy and distribution of African mammals
- 1989 Major K. W. England for contribution to the taxonomy of tropical sea-anemones
- 1990 Dr D. L. Harrison for distinguished contribution to the study of mammals
- 1992 Dr J D Summers-Smith for world-renowned work on sparrows
- 1993 Dr William R. P. Bourne for contribution to the study of seabirds
- 1994 Mrs J. Hall-Crags for long-standing contributions to the description of bird song
- 1996 Mrs Norma Chapman for outstanding contribution to the knowledge of deer in Britain
- 1998 Dr Clive Carefoot for outstanding research on plumage genetics
- 1999 Mr Edward Max Nicholson for lifelong contributions to conservation
21st century
- 2001 Dr Norman Moore for research on the ecology and behaviour of dragonflies
- 2002 Thomas Jones Roberts for furthering our understanding of wildlife in Pakistan
- 2003 Christopher du Feu for contributions to ornithology
- 2005 Peter Grubb for contributions to mammalian systematics
- 2006 Peter Chandler for contributions to our knowledge of European Diptera
- 2007 Ted Benton for contributions to our knowledge on bees, butterflies and dragonflies
- 2009 Bob Swann for contributions to ornithology
- 2010 Richard Lewington for contributions for wildlife illustration
- 2011 Dan Danahar for contributions towards the advancement of biodiversity education
- 2012 Stephen Petty for significant long-term monitoring and data collection that has contributed to our understanding of the ecology of tawny owl populations, their vole prey and other raptors
- 2013 David Mallon for significant contributions to antelope conservation