Cothenius Medal

Award given by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

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Leopoldina Cothenius Medal

The Cothenius medal

Awarded for| Outstanding research in any branch of science
Sponsored by| German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Country| Germany
First award| 1792; 233 years ago (1792)
Website| Cothenius Medal

Cothenius Medal is a medal awarded by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (known as the Leopoldina) for outstanding scientific achievement during the life of the awardee.[1] The medal was created to honour Christian Andreas Cothenius, who was the personal physician to Frederick the Great.[2] In 1743, Cothenius became a fellow of the Leopoldina, later president of the learned society that had been created by Emperor Leopold I.[2] When Cothenius died, he left a sum of money in his will to the society with the condition that the interest on the money should be used to award a gold medal, every two years by answering a question in medicine whereby some new truth could be established.[2] Up until 1864, the award came with a prize but was then converted into an award for the promotion of research over the whole period of a person's life.[3] Each medal bears the Latin inscription "Praemium virtutis salutem mortalium provehentibus sancitum" (Created in recognition of the ability of those who promote the good of mortals).[1]

## Cothenius Medal awardees, 1959–Present

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Year  | Image  | Laureate  | Discipline  | City  | Ref

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2024  |  | Roger S. Goody (born 1944)  | Biochemistry  | Dortmund  | [4]
2023  |  | Jürgen Troe (born 1940)  | Physical Chemistry  | Göttingen  | [5]
2021  |  | Rudolf K. Thauer (born 1939)  | Microbiology/Immunology  | Marburg  | [6]
2021  |  | Werner Kühlbrandt (born 1951)  | Biochemistry/Structural Biology  | Frankfurt  | [7]
2019  |  | Klaus Müllen (born 1947)  | Chemistry  | Mainz  | [8]
2019  |  | Walter Neupert (1939–2019)  | Biochemistry and cell biology  | Martinsried | [9]
2017  |  | Fritz Melchers (born 1936)  | Cell biology  | Berlin  | [10]
2017  |  | Joachim Trümper (born 1933)  | X-ray astronomy  | Garching  | [11]
2015  |  | Herbert Gleiter (born 1938)  | Physics  | Karlsruhe  | [12]
2015  |  | Otto Ludwig Lange (1927–2017)  | Biology  | Würzburg  | [13]
2013  |  | Gunter S. Fischer (born 1943)  | Chemistry  | Halle  | [14]
2013  |  | Wolf Singer (born 1943)  | Neurosciences  | Frankfurt  | [15]
2011  |  | Bert Hölldobler (born 1936)  | Zoology  | Würzburg  | [16]
2011  |  | Anna M. Wobus (born 1945)  | Human genetics and molecular medicine  | Gatersleben  | [17]
2011  |  | Ulrich Wobus (born 1942)  | Genetics/Molecular Biology  | Gatersleben  |
2009  |  | Karl Decker (1925–2024)  | Biochemistry  |  | [18]
2009  |  | Eduard Seidler (1929–2020)  | History of medicine  |  | [14]
2007  |  | Klaus Wolff (1935–2019)  | Dermatology  | Vienna  | [19]
2007  |  | Sigrid Doris Peyerimhoff (born 1937)  | Physical chemistry  | Bonn  | [20][21]
2005  |  | Hans Günter Schlegel (1924–2013)  | Microbiology  | Göttingen  | [14]
2005  |  | Alfred Gierer (born 1929)  | Molecular biologist  |  | [14]
2003  |  | Ernst J. M. Helmreich (1922–2017)  | Biochemistry  | Würzburg  | [22]
2003  |  | Benno Parthier (1932–2019)  | Cell biology  |  | [23]
2003  |  | Andreas Oksche (1926–2017)  | Anatomy  | Giessen  | [24]
2001  |  | Leopold Horner (1911–2005)  | Chemistry  | Mainz  | [25]
2001  |  | Heinz Jagodzinski (1916–2012)  | Physics  | Munich  | [26]
2000  |  | Hans Mohr (1930–2016)  | Plant physiologist  | Freiburg  | [27]
1999  |  | Rudolf Rott (1926–2003)  | Veterinary medicine  | Giessen  | [28]
1999  |  | Dorothea Kuhn (1923–2015)  | History of science and medicine  | Marbach  |
1997  |  | Otto Braun-Falco (1922–2018)  | Dermatology  | Munich  | [29]
1997  |  | Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012)  | Mathematics  | Bonn  | [30]
1995  |  | Wilhelm Doerr (1914–1996)  | Pathology  | Heidelberg  | [31]
1995  |  | Gottfried Möllenstedt (1912–1997)  | Physics  | Tübingen  |
1995  |  | Dietrich Schneider (1919–2008)  | Zoology  | Starnberg  | [32]
1993  |  | Wolfgang Gerok ( (1926–2021)  | Internal Medicine  | Freiburg  | [33]
1993  |  | Bernhard Hassenstein (1922–2016)  | Zoologie  | Freiburg  | [34]
1991  |  | Heinz Röhrer (1905–1992)  | Veterinary Medicine  | Rathenow | [35]
1991  |  | Albert Eschenmoser (1925–2023)  | Chemistry  | Küsnacht | [36]
1989  |  | Sir Bernhard Katz (1911–2003)  | Physiology  | London  | [37]
1989  |  | Jürgen Tonndorf (1914–1989)  | Otorhinolaryngology | New York  | [38]
1989  |  | Heinz Bethge (1919–2001)  | Physics  |  | [39]
1987  |  | Rostislaw Kaischew (1908–1990)  | Physical Chemistry  | Sofia  | [40]
1987  |  | Adolf Watznauer (1907–1995)  | Geology  | Karl-Marx-Stadt | [41]
1985  |  | Konrad Zuse (1910–1995)  | Computer technology  | Hünfeld | [42]
1985  |  | Hermann Flohn (1912–1997)  | Climatology  | Bonn  | [14]
1983  |  | Wolf von Engelhardt (1910–2008)  | Mineralogy  | Tübingen  | [14]
1983  |  | Erna Lesky (1911–1986)  | History of Medicine  | Innsbruck  | [43]
1980  |  | Wilhelm Jost (1903–1988)  | Physical Chemistry  | Göttingen  | [44]
1980  |  | Peter Friedrich Matzen (1909–1986)  | Orthopaedics  | Leipzig  | [45]
1977  |  | Wolfgang Gentner (1906–1980)  | Physics  | Heidelberg  | [46]
1977  |  | Arnold Graffi (1910–2006)  | General Biology  | Berlin  | [47]
1975  |  | Ilya Prigogine (1917–1988)  | Physical Chemistry  | Brussels/Austin  | [48]
1975  |  | Ernst Ruska (1906–1996)  | Physics  | Berlin  | [49]
1974  |  | Viktor Ambartsumian (1908–1996)  | Astronomy  | Yerevan | [50]
1973  |  | Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995)  | Astronomy  | Kiel  | [51]
1972  |  | Erwin Reichenbach (1897–1973)  | Stomatology  |  | [52]
1971  |  | Otto Kratky (1902–1995)  | Physical Chemistry  | Graz  | [53]
1971  |  | Friedrich Hund (1896–1997)  | Göttingen  | Physics  | [54]
1969  |  | Pavel Alexandrov (1896–1982)  | Mathematics  | Moscow  | [14]
1969  |  | Helmut Hasse (1898–1979)  | Mathematics  | Hamburg  | [55]
1969  |  | Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903 - 1996)  | Mathematics  | Zürich  | [14]
1967  |  | Vladimir Engelgardt (1894–1984)  | Physiological Chemistry  | Moscow  | [14]
1967  |  | Karl Lohmann (1898–1978)  | Physiological Chemistry  | Berlin  | [56]
1966  |  | Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977)  | Physiology  | Cambridge (GB)  | [57]
1965  |  | Hans Hermann Bennhold (1893–1976)  | Internal Medicine  | Tübingen  | [58]
1965  |  | Ernst Derra (1901–1979)  | Surgery  | Düsseldorf  | [14]
1964  |  | Wolfgang von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1884–1964)  | Zoology  | Mainz  | [59]
1961  |  | Max Bürger (1885–1966)  | Internal Medicine  | Leipzig  | [60]
1960  |  | Kurt Mothes (1900–1983)  | Botany  | Halle  | [61]
1960  |  | John Eccles (1903–1997)  | Physiology  | Canberra  | [62]
1959  |  | George de Hevesy (1885–1966)  | Physical Chemistry  | Stockholm  | [63]
1959  |  | Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984)  | Physics  | Moscow  | [64]

## Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953

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Main article: Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953

## Cothenius Medal awardees, 1792–1861

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Main article: Cothenius Medal awardees, 1792–1861

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