Symons Gold Medal

The Symons Gold Medal is awarded biennially by the Royal Meteorological Society for distinguished work in the field of meteorological science.[1]

It was established in 1901 in memory of George James Symons, a notable British meteorologist.

## Recipients

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Source (1978-): Royal Metereological Society

* 2023 Michael E. McIntyre[2]
* 2020 Sue Grimmond[3]
* 2018 Clive D. Rodgers[4]
* 2016 John Michael Wallace[5]
* 2014 Robert A. Houze
* 2012 Timothy Barnett
* 2010 John F. B. Mitchell
* 2008 Adrian J. Simmons
* 2006 Sir Brian J. Hoskins
* 2004 John S. A. Green
* 2002 Raymond Hide
* 2000 Keith A. Browning
* 1998 Philip Gerald Drazin
* 1996 Klaus Hasselmann
* 1994 John L. Monteith
* 1992 Douglas Lilly [6]
* 1990 John T. Houghton
* 1988 David Atlas
* 1986 Hubert H. Lamb
* 1984 Christian E. Junge
* 1982 Frank Pasquill
* 1980 Joseph Smagorinsky
* 1978 Frank H. Ludlam
* 1976 Kirill Yakovlevitch Kondratyev[7]
* 1975 Sir John Mason
* 1973 Edward Norton Lorenz[8]
* 1971 John Sawyer[9]
* 1969 Sverre Petterssen
* 1967 Charles Henry Brian Priestley[10]
* 1965 Sydney Chapman[11]
* 1963 Percival Albert Sheppard[12]
* 1961 Jule Gregory Charney[13]
* 1959 Sir Oliver Graham Sutton[14]
* 1957 Erik Palmén
* 1955 Reginald Cockcroft Sutcliffe[15]
* 1953 Carl-Gustav Arvid Rossby[16]
* 1951 Geoffrey Ingram Taylor[17]
* 1949 Tor Bergeron[18]
* 1947 David Brunt
* 1944 Charles William Blythe Normand[19]
* 1942 John Switzer Owens[20]
* 1940 Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes[21]
* 1938 Gordon M.B. Dobson
* 1936 Wilhelm Schmidt[22]
* 1934 Gibert Thomas Walker[23]
* 1932 Vilhelm F. K. Bjerknes[24]
* 1930 George C. Simpson[25]
* 1928 Hugo Hergesell[26]
* 1926 Ernest Gold[27]
* 1924 Takematsu Okada [28]
* 1922 Henry George Lyons[29]
* 1920 Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson
* 1918 Hugh Robert Mill
* 1916 ?
* 1914 William Henry Dines[30]
* 1912 Cleveland Abbe[31]
* 1910 William Napier Shaw[32]
* 1908 Léon Teisserenc de Bort
* 1906 Sir Richard Strachey[33]
* 1904 Julius Hann[34]
* 1902 Alexander Buchan[35]

## See also

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* List of meteorology awards
* List of prizes named after people

## References

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1. ^ "Symons Gold Medal". Royal Metereological Society. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
2. ^ "Awards for Advancing Science". Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. ^ "Awards and Prizes for distinguished work and careers". Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. ^ "2018 Society Awards and Prize Winners Announced". Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
5. ^ "Symons Gold Medal". Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
6. ^ Rittner, Don. A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate. p. 100.
7. ^ Polunin, Nicolas. World Who Is Who and Does What in Environment and Conservation. p. 171.
8. ^ Hardaker, Paul (2008-06-26). "Edward Lorenz". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
9. ^ "John Sawyer". The Telegraph. 2000-10-25. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
10. ^ The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2001. p. 528.
11. ^ Rittner, Don. A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate. p. 37.
12. ^ Walke, Malcolm (2016). "Pen portrait of President Professor P.A. Sheppard, CBE, FRS". Weather. 71 (1): 10–11\. Bibcode:2016Wthr...71...10W. doi:10.1002/wea.2663.
13. ^ Philander, George. Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather Second Edition. p. 243.
14. ^ "SUTTON, Sir OLIVER GRAHAM". The National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
15. ^ "Reginald Cockcroft Sutcliffe". Oxford DNB. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
16. ^ Notable Twentieth-century Scientists: L-R. p. 1716.
17. ^ Batchelor, G. The Life and Legacy of G. I. Taylor. p. 265.
18. ^ Fleming, James. Historical Essays on Meteorology, 1919–1995. p. 191.
19. ^ Gupta, Das. Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, c.1784-1947. p. 411.
20. ^ "Proceedings at the Meetings of the Society". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 68 (293): 76–83\. January 1942. Bibcode:1942QJRMS..68...76.. doi:10.1002/qj.49706829310. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
21. ^ (1976), Obituary notices. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 102: 271–274. doi:10.1002/qj.49710243127
22. ^ (1936), Symons memorial medal, 1936. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 62: 280–287. doi:10.1002/qj.49706226407
23. ^ Philander, George. Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. p. 1072.
24. ^ (1932), Report of the council. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 58: 179–191. doi:10.1002/qj.49705824410
25. ^ "Br. J. Ophthalnol". 37. 1953: 449. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
26. ^ "Geheimrat Professor Doctor Hugo Hergesell, Director of the Lindenberg Aeronautical Observatory, who has been awarded the Symons Gold Medal by the Meteorological Society of London . 2 January 1928". Europeana. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
27. ^ "The Observatory". 49. 1926: 53. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
28. ^ "The Observatory". 47. 1924: 51. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
29. ^ The Year-book of Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony (1924). p. 899.
30. ^ "Dines, William Henry, 1855-1927". ingenious.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
31. ^ Rittner, Don. A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate. p. 4.
32. ^ Kutzbach, Gisela. The Thermal Theory of Cyclones. p. 243.
33. ^ (1906), The argentine antarctic stations. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 32: 155–159. doi:10.1002/qj.49703213810
34. ^ "The Observatory". 27. 1904: 91. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
35. ^ Walker, Malcolm. History of the Meteorological Office. p. 132.