Cothenius Medal Explained

Leopoldina Cothenius Medal
Awarded For:Outstanding research in any branch of science
Sponsor:German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Country:Germany

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, 1959–2023

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2023 Jürgen Troe (born. 1940) Physical ChemistryGöttingen[4]
2021 Rudolf K. Thauer (born. 1939) Microbiology/ImmunologyMarburg[5]
2021 Werner Kühlbrandt (born. 1951) Biochemistry/Structural BiologyFrankfurt[6]
2019 Klaus Müllen (born. 1947) ChemistryMainz[7]
2019 Walter Neupert (1939–2019) Biochemistry and cell biologyMartinsried[8]
2017 Fritz Melchers (born. 1936) Cell biologyBerlin[9]
2017 Joachim Trümper (born. 1933) X-ray astronomyGarching[10]
2015 Herbert Gleiter (born. 1938) PhysicsKarlsruhe[11]
2015 Otto Ludwig Lange (1927–2017) BiologyWürzburg [12]
2013 Gunter S. Fischer (born. 1943) ChemistryHalle
2013 Wolf Singer (born. 1943) NeurosciencesFrankfurt[13]
2011 Bert Hölldobler (born. 1936) ZoologyWürzburg [14]
2011 Anna M. Wobus (born. 1945) Human genetics and molecular medicineGatersleben[15]
2011 Ulrich Wobus (born. 1942) Genetics/Molecular BiologyGatersleben
2009 Karl Decker (1925–2024) Biochemistry[16]
2009 Eduard Seidler (1929–2020) History of medicine
2007 Klaus Wolff (1935–2019) DermatologyVienna[17]
2007 Sigrid Doris Peyerimhoff (born. 1937) Physical chemistryBonn[18] [19]
2005 Hans Günter Schlegel (1924–2013) MicrobiologyGöttingen
2005 Alfred Gierer (born. 1929) Molecular biologist
2003 Ernst J. M. Helmreich (1922–2017) BiochemistryWürzburg[20]
2003 Benno Parthier (1932–2019)Cell biology[21]
2003 Andreas Oksche (1926–2017) AnatomyGiessen[22]
2001 Leopold Horner (1911–2005) ChemistryMainz [23]
2001 Heinz Jagodzinski (1916–2012) PhysicsMunich[24]
2000 Hans Mohr (1930–2016)Plant physiologist Freiburg[25]
1999 Rudolf Rott (1926–2003) Veterinary medicineGiessen
1999 Dorothea Kuhn (1923–2015) History of science and medicineMarbach
1997 Otto Braun-Falco (1922–2018) DermatologyMunich[26]
1997 Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012) MathematicsBonn[27]
1995 Wilhelm Doerr (1914–1996) PathologyHeidelberg[28]
1995 Gottfried Möllenstedt (1912–1997) PhysicsTübingen
1995 Dietrich Schneider (1919–2008) ZoologyStarnberg[29]
1993 Wolfgang Gerok ((1926–2021) Internal MedicineFreiburg[30]
1993 Bernhard Hassenstein (1922–2016)ZoologieFreiburg[31]
1991 Heinz Röhrer (1905–1992) Veterinary MedicineRathenow[32]
1991 Albert Eschenmoser (1925–2023) Chemistry[33]
1989 Sir Bernhard Katz (1911–2003) PhysiologyLondon[34]
1989 Jürgen Tonndorf (1914–1989) OtorhinolaryngologyNew York[35]
1989 Heinz Bethge (1919–2001) Physics[36]
1987 Rostislaw Kaischew (1908–1990) Physical ChemistrySofia[37]
1987 Adolf Watznauer (1907–1995) Geology[38]
1985 Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) Computer technologyHünfeld[39]
1985 Hermann Flohn (1912–1997) ClimatologyBonn
1983 Wolf von Engelhardt (1910–2008) MineralogyTübingen
1983 Erna Lesky (1911–1986) History of MedicineInnsbruck [40]
1980 Wilhelm Jost (1903–1988) Physical ChemistryGöttingen[41]
1980 Peter Friedrich Matzen (1909–1986) OrthopaedicsLeipzig
1977 Wolfgang Gentner (1906–1980) PhysicsHeidelberg [42]
1977 Arnold Graffi (1910–2006)General BiologyBerlin [43]
1975 Ilya Prigogine (1917–1988) Physical ChemistryBrussels/Austin [44]
1975 Ernst Ruska (1906–1996) PhysicsBerlin [45]
1974 Viktor Ambartsumian (1908–1996) Astronomy[46]
1973 Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995) AstronomyKiel
1972 Erwin Reichenbach (1897–1973) Stomatology[47]
1971 Otto Kratky (1902–1995) Physical ChemistryGraz [48]
1971 Friedrich Hund (1896–1997) Göttingen Physics[49]
1969 Pavel Alexandrov (1896–1982)MathematicsMoscow
1969 Helmut Hasse (1898–1979) Mathematics Hamburg [50]
1969 Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903 - 1996)MathematicsZürich
1967Vladimir Engelgardt (1894–1984) Physiological ChemistryMoscow
1967Karl Lohmann (1898 - 1978) Physiological ChemistryBerlin
1966 Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977) PhysiologyCambridge (GB)[51]
1965 Hans Hermann Bennhold (1893–1976) Internal MedicineTübingen[52]
1965 Ernst Derra (1901–1979) SurgeryDüsseldorf[53]
1964 Wolfgang von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1884–1964) ZoologyMainz[54]
1961 Max Bürger (1885–1966) Internal MedicineLeipzig[55]
1960 Kurt Mothes (1900–1983) BotanyHalle
1960 John Eccles (1903–1997) PhysiologyCanberra[56]
1959George de Hevesy (1885–1966) Physical ChemistryStockholm[57]
1959Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984) PhysicsMoscow[58]

Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953

See main article: Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953.

Cothenius Medal awardees, 1792–1861

See main article: Cothenius Medal awardees, 1792–1861.

Notes and References

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  4. Web site: Wichmann . Caroline . Leopoldina verleiht Cothenius-Medaille an Physiker Jürgen Troe für sein wissenschaftliches Lebenswerk . Max-Planck-Instituts für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften . Max-Planck-Gesellschaft . 16 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240416101037/https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/4511436/pr_2312 . 16 April 2024 . de . 31 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Geisel. Virginia. Rudolf K. Thauer receives Cothenius Medal . Max Planck Institute of Terrestrial Microbiology . Max-Planck-Gesellschaft . 9 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240409202415/https://www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1142835/2021-09-a . 9 April 2024 . Munich . en . 1 September 2021.
  6. Web site: Holfelder . Brigitte. Cothenius Medal for Werner Kühlbrandt . Max Planck Institute of Biophysics . Max-Planck-Gesellschaft . 9 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240409201837/https://www.biophys.mpg.de/en/awards/werner-kuehlbrandt-cothenius-medal . 9 April 2024 . en . 1 September 2021.
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