Hector_Memorial_Medal

Hector Medal

Hector Medal

Annual New Zealand science award

The Hector Medal, formerly known as the Hector Memorial Medal,[1] is a science award given by the Royal Society Te Apārangi in memory of Sir James Hector to researchers working in New Zealand. It is awarded annually in rotation for different sciences – currently there are three: chemical sciences; physical sciences; mathematical and information sciences. It is given to a researcher who "has undertaken work of great scientific or technological merit and has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the particular branch of science."[2] It was previously rotated through more fields of science – in 1918 they were: botany, chemistry, ethnology, geology, physics (including mathematics and astronomy), zoology (including animal physiology).[1] For a few years it was awarded biennially – it was not awarded in 2000, 2002 or 2004.[3]

In 1991 it was overtaken by the Rutherford Medal as the highest award given by the Royal Society of New Zealand.[4]

The obverse of the medal bears the head of James Hector and the reverse a Māori snaring a huia.[5][6] The last confirmed sighting of a living huia predates the award of the medal by three years.[7]

Recipients

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See also

References

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    "Hector Memorial Research Fund". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 50. 1918. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
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    Barrie, Heather; Robertson, Hugh (2005). The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (Revised Edition). Viking. ISBN 978-0-14-302040-0.
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    "Recipients". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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    "2017 Hector Medal: Designing chemical computers and molecular magnets". Royal Society of New Zealand. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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    "2018 Hector Medal: wormholes, black holes and other subjects of gravity". Royal Society of New Zealand. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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    "2019 Hector Medal: Building bionic – biosensing, biomedicine, bioelectronics". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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    "2020 Hector Medal: the algebra of algorithms". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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    "2021 Hector Medal: Revolutionising chemical analysis at the nanoscale". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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    "First event to celebrate 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa winners". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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    "2023 Hector Medal: Distinguished contributions to understanding of 'indistinguishable' particles". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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