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	Thomas David Anderson - Watcher of the Skies by Rev Dr Hector Macpherson Jnr
		In the same year he received a medal from the Société Astronomique de France: and in February 1902 he made the journey to London to receive in person the Jackson-Gwilt Medal and Prize of the Royal Astronomical Society.
		"Dr. Anderson, it is a great pleasure to me to hand you on behalf of the Society the Jackson-Gwilt Medal in recognition of your discovery of both Nova Aurigae and Nova Persei.
		Steavenson suggested that Anderson had been mistaken, but Professor Sampson took the opposite view: "I quite agree with Dr. Steavenson," he said, "as to the evidence given by his photograph and some may well be impatient in their fruitless search for the nova.
	www.astronomyedinburgh.org /publications/anderson/anderson.html

	Dictionary of Australian Biography T-V
		While he was holding this position he was awarded the R. Johnston memorial medal of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1929 and the Clarke memorial medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1931.
		In this year he was awarded the Trueman Wood medal of the Royal Society of Arts and Science, London, and was appointed assistant-director of the Cawthron Institute.
		She had a medallion shown at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1868; after studying for three years at Rome she obtained a studentship at the Royal Academy, London, and in 1872 won the silver medal for sculpture.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogT-V.html

	Walter Frederick Gale - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia
		He was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1935 for "discoveries of comets and his work for astronomy in New South Wales."
		A crater on Mars was named in his honor.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /w/wa/walter_frederick_gale.html

	Royal Astronomical Society
		Quick Summary not found for this subject Eddington Medal, the Herschel Medal, the Chapman Medal, the Price Medal and the Jackson-Gwilt Medal.
		A medal made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition Gold Medal.
		It maintains links with parallel learned societies in the UK and abroad, and participates in their administration at an international level.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ro/Royal_Astronomical_Society.htm

	Arthur Stanley Williams
		He was made a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1884, and was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal in 1923.
		Craters on Mars and the Moon are named in his honor.
		He also observed spots on Saturn, and the "linear features" on Mars, called "canals".
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Arthur_Stanley_Williams

	Physics Today July 2001
		The 2001 Hannah-Jackson (née Gwilt) Medal and Gift went to John Baldwin for "his major contribution to astronomical instrumentation through the design, development, and exploitation of a series of highly productive synthesis telescopes." In 1999, he retired from his position as head of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, University of Cambridge.
		The Herschel Medal was presented to Patrick Thaddeus, Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy and professor of applied physics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
		In astronomy, Hermann Bondi, retired master of Churchill College, University of Cambridge, was recognized for "his outstanding contributions to scientific and intellectual leadership and his distinguished career in astrophysics and gravitation, and also for his work in the area of the public understanding of science," according to the citation.
	www.physicstoday.org /vol-54/iss-7/p71c.html

	Finding Aid to the Papers of Grote Reber, 1923-1999
		He received the Franklin Institute’s Cresson Prize, an honorary Doctor of Science from Ohio State University, the American Astronomical Society’s Russell Lecture Prize, the Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Associated Universities Inc. Jansky Lectureship, and the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
		Correspondence related to Reber's receipt of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Bruce Medal, the Royal Astronomical Society's Jackson-Gwilt Medal, and the Russell Lectureship is included.
		This series includes all materials and correspondence related to Reber’s receipt of the Franklin Institute’s Elliott Cresson Medal in 1963; the medal is on public display at the Du Page County Illinois Historical Museum.
	www.nrao.edu /archives/Reber/reber.shtml

	History of the BAA Comet Section
		The Merlin Medal was also awarded to M P Candy in 1975 for his comet discovery and to Harold B Ridley in 1976 for his photography of 433 Eros and his photographic work on comets.
		G Alcock was awarded the Merlin Medal for the second time in 1972 and the Walter Goodacre Medal in 1976, and an MBE in 1979.
		In 1963 the Walter Goodacre Medal and Gift was awarded to G Merton in recognition of his contribution to the study of comets and his services to astronomy.
	www.ast.cam.ac.uk /~jds/history.htm

	RAS Awards
		The remit of the 'A' Awards Committee is astronomy and astrophysics, including astroparticle physics, astrobiology, cosmochemistry, etc. It considers candidates for the Gold Medal, the Eddington Medal, the Herschel Medal, and the Jackson-Gwilt Medal.
		It considers candidates for the Gold Medal, the Chapman Medal and the Price Medal.
		The Council sets up Awards Committees from amongst Society members to advise on the merits of candidates nominated for medals.
	www.ras.org.uk /html/ras_medals.html

	User talk:AnimAlu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eddington Medal, Jackson-Gwilt Medal, comet and asteroid discoverers, etc).
		Nope, you don't know me. I've worked on a number of astronomer biographies based on online info and NASA ADS (winners of the Bruce Medal,
		Thanks for the Salton Sea images, they convey the odd state of affairs there better than words can.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User_talk:AnimAlu

	CCLRC - News and Press Releases from 2004
		Pat was awarded the 2004 Jackson Gwilt Medal and Gift for his "outstanding contributions to the development of precise, accurate, dependable and rigorous telescope pointing software." The citation also stresses the importance of Pat's work.
		Professor Richard Harrison and Mr Pat Wallace have won the Chapman Medal and the Jackson Gwilt Medal respectively.
		Two space scientists from the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have been awarded medals by the Royal Astronomical Society.
	www.cclrc.ac.uk /Activity/News2004;SECTION=5539;

	JOHN TEBBUTT
		For his service to astronomy in Australia he was awarded the prestigious Hannah Jackson nee Gwilt gift and bronze medal from the Royal Astronomical Society, London in 1905 and published "Astronomical Memoirs" in 1908.
		He won a silver medal at the 1867 Paris Universal exhibition for a scientific report he had published.
		John Tebbutt was highly regarded overseas and his observations assisted in advancing astronomy in Australia and also internationally.
	hawkesburyhistory.org.au /articles/tebbutt.html

	Queens' College Record 2002 - The Fellows in 2001
		The Council of the Royal Astronomical Society awarded the Jackson Gwilt Medal and Gift to Professor John Baldwin for his major contributions to astronomical instrumentation.
		Dr Peter Watson, one of our Fellow Commoners, is shortly to receive the Duke Elder Medal from the International Council of Ophthalmology (the Medal is awarded every four years to the person who is considered to have contributed most to International Ophthalmology - Peter is the first ever English recipient).
		After 16 years in office Dr James Jackson has handed over the reigns as Senior Treasurer of the College Union to Dr Keith Johnstone.
	www.quns.cam.ac.uk /Queens/Record/2002/The%20Society/Fellows.html

	Grote Reber - Enpsychlopedia
		Reber was awarded the Bruce Medal and the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1962, and the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1983.
		However most low-frequency signals are filtered out by the Earth's atmosphere, so Reber moved to Tasmania to start his observations there.
	psychcentral.com /wiki/Grote_Reber

	PETTIGREW PAPERS (Osborn Shelves Pettigrew)
		ALS to T. Pettigrew 1835 Mar 14 About a medal to be presented to Sir John Soane.
		ALS to T. Pettigrew 1849 Jan 8 Declines to serve on a committee to establish a medal for painting and sculpture in honor of Robert Vernon.
		ALS (in French) to T. Pettigrew 1851 Mar 21 Offers the British Archaeological Association a commemorative medal struck by the Societe des Antiquaires de Picaidie.
	webtext.library.yale.edu /beinflat/osborn.PETTIGRE.HTM

	Alan W J Cousins (1903 - 2001)
		During 1967-70, he served as President of Commission 25 of the International Astronomical Union (Stellar Photometry) and in 1971 he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt medal of the (British) Royal Astronomical Society "...
		In 1963, he was awarded the Gill medal of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa - "...
		(Eng) and the Vice-Chancellor's medal for best student.
	www.saao.ac.za /news/awjc.html

	Grote Reber, Unsung Pioneer of Radio Astronomy
		These honors include the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society, the Astronomy Society of the Pacific's Bruce Medal (1962), The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Jansky Lectureship (1975) and the 1983 Jackson-Gwilt Medal from Britain's Royal Astronomical Society.
		The honors and awards he received are also those that normally go to scientists professionally trained in astronomy.
	www.chris-winter.com /Orisons/Unsun_Grot.html

	Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes
		In 1985 he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and an Henri Chrétien award from the American Astronomical Society.
		David Malin is the Photographic Scientist at the Anglo-Australian Observatory and is well known for his pioneering techniques in astronomical photography, a field in which he is internationally recognised as the world leader.
		He has produced many scientific papers and popular articles on astronomy and is the co-author of Catalogue of the Universe and Colours of the Stars.
	www.mup.unimelb.edu.au /catalogue/0-522-84553-3.html

	2003 Boilermaker
		Last summer, Chepkemei focused on the track where she had moderate success, a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games (ENG) 10,000m and then a gold medal at the African Championships (TUN) 10,000m, balanced against a 7th at the Bislett Games (NOR) 5000m and a 10th at the Golden Gala (ITA) 5000m.
		Here, she picked up another 7 points to reach her highest level since May 2002 after she won the silver medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon (BEL) Champs.
		This summer, she is focusing on the roads with much more success, this being her second win this month.
	www.hmrrc.com /03boiler.htm

	The Bruce Medalists: Grote Reber
		Royal Astronomical Society, Jackson-Gwilt Medal, 1983, presented by M.J. Rycroft, Observatory 103, 226-27 (1983)..
		Reber was the second astronomer (after William Huggins) to be awarded the Bruce medal for work performed as an amateur.
		Later, after four years at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), he went off on his own and pioneered in very long-wavelength radio astronomy, working in Tasmania, where the ionosphere is relatively transparent to such radiation.
	www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu /BruceMedalists/Reber/Reber.html

	Astronomy & Geophysics
		In 1995 Janet received the Jackson-Gwilt medal from the Royal Astronomical Society, which had also been awarded, much earlier in 1963, to George Alcock whom Janet admired so much.
		She was also the recipient of the Leslie Peltier Award of the Astronomical League, the American Astronomical Society's George Van Biesbroeck Award, the first Giovanni Battista Lacchini Award of the Unione Astrofili Italiana, and the Centennial Medal for leadership in variable stars from the Societé Astronomique de France.
		Despite the demands of managing the AAVSO, she also found time to prepare and have published more than 180 papers in mostly refereed journals.
	www.blackwellpublishing.com /products/journals/aag/AAG_June04/aag_45339.htm

	David Malin Biography. Astronomical Photographs by David Malin
		Jackson-Gwilt Medal and Prize of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1985.
		Progress Medal of the Photographic Society of America, 1993.
		Rodman Medal of the Royal Photographic Society, 1990.
	www.schicklerart.com /exhibitions/David.Malin/david.malin.bio.html

	Canberra Astronomical Society - Southern Cross - April 1998
		Also like Tebbutt, he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, in his case in 1935 “for his discoveries of comets and his work for astronomy in New South Wales”.
		Walter Gale became an FRAS in 1893, at nearly the same age as John Tebbutt - a point noticed by Tebbutt, who was reluctant to sponsor Gale’s election at that time.
		In 1893 Gale travelled overseas, observing the eclipse of the Sun in Chile with the Lick Observatory expedition, and visiting observatories in America.
	msowww.anu.edu.au /cas/southerncross/sc_199804.html

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	orchiston
		He was the founding President of the New South Wales Branch of the British Astronomical Association (Orchiston 1988a), and was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal and Gift by the Royal Astronomical Society in 1905 for his long and valuable service to astronomy.
		He also actively popularised astronomy (Orchiston 1997a), offered a local time service, maintained a fully-equipped meteorological station, and kept records of local floods and freshes.
		In more recent times, his face has featured on an Australian $100 note, and a crater on the Moon has been named after him.
	www.atnf.csiro.au /pasa/16_2/orchiston

	Clyde W. Tombaugh Biographical Outline
		Awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal and Gift by the Royal Astronomical Society in recognition of his discovery.
	archives.nmsu.edu /exhibits/tombaugh_website/bio.html

	RAS Awards
		Mid career, but tends to overlap territory of Gold Medal.
	www.astro.umd.edu /awards/rasawards.html

	afm181.html
		The American Astronomical Society named him to the Henry Norris Russell Lecturship, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific gave him the Bruce Medal, the NRAO named him to the Jansky Lecturship and Britain's Royal Astronomical Society awarded him the Jackson-Gwilt Medal.
		In fact he lectured right up until a few years ago when he was in his late 80's.
		But the scientific community embraced him none the less and awarded him honors they normally reserved for themselves.
	www.angelfire.com /nb/afm/afm181.html

	Obituaries
		She was born on July 18, 1913 in Baird, Texas to Oscar and Effie (Youngblood) Jackson.
		Survivors are three sons, Dale Elmore of Mingus, B.J. and Jim Elmore both of Strawn; two sisters, Katherine McKinzey of Lubbock, Melba Jean Jackson of Tucson, Az.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
		He served time in Vietnam where he obtained Specialist E-4 status as well as the National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Commendation Medal and Vietnam Service Medal.
	www.telegramstarnews.com /obit0702.html

	RAS Jackson-Gwilt Medal Nomination
		Please use this form ONLY for nominations for the Jackson-Gwilt Medal
	www.ras.org.uk /html/nominations/nom_jackson.html

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