Melchett Medal

British medal for science of energy

The Melchett Award is an honour awarded by the Energy Institute for outstanding contributions to the science of fuel and energy.^[1]

It was created by and named for Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, the 20th century businessman and philanthropist.

Winners

Source:^[2]

1930: Kurt Rummell
1931: W. A. Bone
1932: Charles M. Schwab
1933: John Cadman
1934: Friedrich Bergius
1935: Harry R. Ricardo
1936: Franz Fischer
1937: Morris W. Travers
1938: R.V. Wheeler
1939: H.A. Humphrey
1940: Étienne Audibert
1941: Clarence A. Seyler
1942: Arno C. Fieldner
1943: E S Grumel
1944: J.G. King
1945: C H Lander
1946: Sir James Chadwick
1947: Kenneth Gordon
1949: Sir Frank Whittle
1950: R.J. Sarjan
1951: F.H. Garner
1952: D.T.A. Townend
1953: H. Hartley
1954: H.H. Storch
1955: A. Parker
1956: Sir Alfred Egerton
1957: Sir Christopher Hinton
1959: P.O. Rosin
1960: H.C. Hottel
1961: Sir Harold Hartley (award to MacFarlane): MacFarlane Memorial Lecture
1962: H.E. Crossley
1963: HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1964: Homi Jehangir Bhabha
1965: F.J. Dent
1966: Sir Owen Saunders
1967: Sir Charles Cawley
1968: A. Ignatieff
1969: William T. Reid
1970: T E Allibone
1971: Lord Rothschild
1972: F T Bacon
1974: Sir Frederick Warner
1975: Sir John Hill, UKAEA
1976: T G Callcott
1977: J H Chesters
1978: G. Brunner
1979: A.W. Pearce
1980: Sir William Hawthorne
1981: J.H. Dunster
1982: J.A. Gray
1985: J.M. Beer
1986: N. Franklin
1987: Sir George Porter
1988: Frank Fitzgerald
1989: Neville Chamberlain
1990: David Lindley
1991: R.N. Hodge
1992: H.L. Beckers
1993: Robert Evans
1994: S. William Gouse, Jnr
1995: John Chesshire
1996: Sir Crispin Tickell
1997: I. Boustead
1998: Brenda Boardman
1999: Ian Fells
2000: Walt Patterson
2001: Lord Browne of Madingley
2002: Mary Archer
2003: Sir John Parker
2004: Sir Roy Gardner
2005: Vincent de Rivaz
2008: Andrew Warren
2010: James Skea
2011: Allan Jones
2013: David MacKay
2014: Lord Oxburgh
2016: David King^[3]
2017: Fatih Birol

References

^ Melchett Medal Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine at Energy Institute website : retrieved 21 January 2015
^ "Past Melchett Award winners" (PDF). Energy Institute.
^ "Energy Institute to welcome Prof Sir David King for prestigious lecture - News for the Energy Sector". 18 January 2017.