William Bate Hardy Prize Explained

The William Bate Hardy Prize is awarded by the Cambridge Philosophical Society. It is awarded once in three years “for the best original memoir, investigation or discovery by a member of the University of Cambridge in connection with Biological Science that may have been published during the three years immediately preceding”.^[1]

Recipients

(incomplete list-prize awarded at least 22 times by 2014)

• 1966 Hugh Huxley (inaugural winner)^[2]
• 1969 Sydney Brenner^[3] and Ralph Riley^[4]
• 1976 Frederick Sanger^[5]
• 1978 Richard Henderson^[6]
• 1981 César Milstein^[7]
• 1984 John Gurdon^[8]
• 1987 Michael Berridge^[9]
• 1991 Azim Surani^[10]
• 1993 Martin Evans^[11]
• 1995 Nicholas Barry Davies^[12]
• 1998 Tim Clutton-Brock and Andrew Wyllie^[13] (shared)
• 2001 Michael Neuberger^[14] and James Cuthbert Smith^[15] (shared)
• 2004 Andrea Brand and Robin Irvine (shared)^[16]
• 2010 Beverley Glover,^[1] Dr Peter Forster^[17] and Simon Conway Morris http://issuu.com/cambridgealumnirelationsoffice/docs/cam_65_lores (shared)
• 2014 Serena Nik-Zainal^[18]

See also

• List of biology awards

External links

• Charter, Abstracts of Laws Prescribed by Charter, Bye Laws, Regulations from the William Hopkins Prize and the William Bate Hardy Prize

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Plant Sciences:University of Cambridge . 17 May 2012.
2. Web site: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (1966). 18 May 2012.
3. Web site: Sydney Brenner . ETH Zurich . 19 May 2012.
4. Book: Wolf Prize in Agriculture . Ilan Chet . Ilan Chet . 2009 . 9789812835857 . 18 May 2012.
5. Web site: Frederick Sanger . HowStuffWorks, Inc. . 18 May 2012.
6. Web site: Curriculum Vitae, Richard Henderson . Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge . 18 May 2012.
7. Web site: César Milstein Autobiography . The Nobel Foundation . 19 May 2012.
8. Web site: Prof Sir John Gurdon, FRS Authorised Biography . Debrett's Limited . 19 May 2012.
9. Web site: Michael Berridge . Academia Europaea . 18 May 2012.
10. Web site: Azim Surani . F1000Prime. 16 December 2014.
11. Web site: Baker Institute Policy Report No. 44 . 18 May 2012.
12. Web site: Nicholas B. Davies . 18 May 2012 . American Ornithologists' Union.
13. Web site: Philosophical Society. Cambridge University. 16 December 2014.
14. Web site: Michael Neuberger, Ph.D. . AnaptysBio, Inc . 18 March 2013.
15. Web site: Philosophical Society. University of Cambridge. 16 December 2014.
16. Web site: Applicant for Position of Director, Eccles Institute of Neuroscience . Australian National University, Canberra . 18 May 2012.
17. Web site: Fellow awarded the William Bate Hardy Prize . 17 May 2012.
18. Web site: Alumna awarded the William Bate Hardy Prize. Murray Edwards College. 16 December 2014.