Trail-Crisp Award Explained

The Trail-Crisp Award, of the Linnean Society of London, was established in 1966 and is an amalgamation of The Trail Award and The Crisp Award (both founded in 1910).^[1] The Trail-Crisp Award is presented at intervals "in recognition of an outstanding contribution to biological microscopy that has been published in the UK".^[2]

Recipients

Trail Award

• 1915: Leonard Doncaster
• 1920: Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
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• 1937: Carl Pantin
• 1948: Honor Fell
• 1954: Irene Manton
• 1960: L.E.R. Picken

Trail-Crisp Award

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See also

• List of biology awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trail-Crisp Award. linnean.org.
2. Gage A.T. and Stearn W.T. (1988) A Bicentenary History of the Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London, pp. 165-174
3. . LinneanSociety . 973863809801535488 . 14 March 2018 . Kathleen Bever Blackburn (1892-1968), a botanist, received the Trail Award and Linnean Society Gold Medal in 1930 for outstanding contributions to biological microscopy. Attached is her letter of acceptance. #LinnSocFemaleFellow #celebratingourfellows . - includes photograph of her letter of acceptance