THE DARWIN MEDAL
AWARDED TO DR. COCKAYNE. FOR WORK OF' DISTINCTION. Prriss Association —Copyright. : - WELLINGTON, 'This. Day. The Darwin medal which has been awarded to Dr. Cockayne] is accompanied by a grant of £IOO, is given biennally in reward for work of acknowledged distinction, especially in biology in the field in which Darwin himself laboured. The award may be either to a British subject or a foreigner without distinction of sex. The Darwin medal has been awarded among others to Alfred Russell Wallace in 1890, Sir ,j. d. Hooker 1892, T. H. Hunley .1894, Ernest Racket 1900, Francis -Gallon 1902, William Bateson 1904, August Weismanu 1908, Francis Darwin 1912, Yvest Delage 1916, Thos. H. : Morgan 1924 and DulckinfU'eld jHenry Scott in 1926. Dr. Cockayne’s is th e twentieth medal awarded.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 75, 9 November 1928, Page 6
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130THE DARWIN MEDAL Stratford Evening Post, Issue 75, 9 November 1928, Page 6
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