Darwin Medal

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Royal Society award medal scientific award

The Darwin Medal is a prestigious scientific award given by the Royal Society for outstanding contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology, population biology, and related areas.

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Label	Occurrences
Darwin Medal canonical	8
Royal Society Darwin Medal	2
Darwin Medal of the Royal Society	1

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Target entity: Darwin Medal
Context triple: [William Bateson, awardReceived, Darwin Medal]

A. Darwin–Wallace Medal
The Darwin–Wallace Medal is a prestigious scientific award given by the Linnean Society of London to recognize exceptional contributions to the field of evolutionary biology.
B. Linnean Medal
The Linnean Medal is a prestigious scientific award presented by the Linnean Society of London to recognize outstanding contributions to the natural sciences, particularly in botany and zoology.
C. Murchison Medal
The Murchison Medal is a prestigious geological award recognizing outstanding contributions to the science of geology, particularly in hard rock studies.
D. Sylvester Medal
The Sylvester Medal is a prestigious mathematics award presented by the Royal Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field.
E. Lyell Medal
The Lyell Medal is a prestigious scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of geology, particularly in the areas of soft-rock studies and stratigraphy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Darwin Medal
Target entity description: The Darwin Medal is a prestigious scientific award given by the Royal Society for outstanding contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology, population biology, and related areas.

A. Darwin–Wallace Medal
The Darwin–Wallace Medal is a prestigious scientific award given by the Linnean Society of London to recognize exceptional contributions to the field of evolutionary biology.
B. Linnean Medal
The Linnean Medal is a prestigious scientific award presented by the Linnean Society of London to recognize outstanding contributions to the natural sciences, particularly in botany and zoology.
C. Murchison Medal
The Murchison Medal is a prestigious geological award recognizing outstanding contributions to the science of geology, particularly in hard rock studies.
D. Sylvester Medal
The Sylvester Medal is a prestigious mathematics award presented by the Royal Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field.
E. Lyell Medal
The Lyell Medal is a prestigious scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of geology, particularly in the areas of soft-rock studies and stratigraphy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Society award ⓘ medal ⓘ scientific award ⓘ
associatedWith	evolution ⓘ natural selection ⓘ population genetics ⓘ
awardedBy	Royal Society ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding contributions to evolutionary biology ⓘ outstanding contributions to population biology ⓘ outstanding contributions to related areas of biology ⓘ
awardingOrganizationFoundedIn	1660 ⓘ
awardingOrganizationName	The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge ⓘ linked to: Royal Society
awardingOrganizationType	learned society ⓘ
awardType	scientific research award ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
discipline	life sciences ⓘ
eligibility	researchers in evolutionary biology ⓘ scientists ⓘ
field	biological sciences ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ population biology ⓘ
frequency	biennial ⓘ
hasAwardingBodyType	national academy of sciences ⓘ linked to: National Academy of Sciences
hasCategory	British science and technology awards ⓘ Royal Society medals ⓘ awards established in 1890 ⓘ
hasNotableNamesake	Charles Darwin ⓘ
honours	research excellence in evolutionary biology ⓘ research excellence in population biology ⓘ
inception	1890 ⓘ
isPartOf	Royal Society medals and awards ⓘ linked to: Royal Society medals
languageOfAward	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
namedAfter	Charles Darwin ⓘ
namedForContributionTo	theory of evolution by natural selection ⓘ
prestigeLevel	high ⓘ
purpose	to recognize outstanding contributions to evolutionary biology ⓘ to recognize outstanding contributions to population biology ⓘ to recognize outstanding contributions to related areas of biology ⓘ
sponsor	Royal Society ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
typicalRecipient	biologist ⓘ evolutionary biologist ⓘ population biologist ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Bateson → awardReceived → Darwin Medal ⓘ

Sewall Wright → awardReceived → Darwin Medal ⓘ

Thomas Hunt Morgan → awardReceived → Darwin Medal ⓘ

Royal Society medals → includes → Darwin Medal ⓘ

Linda Partridge → awardReceived → Royal Society Darwin Medal ⓘ

linked to: Darwin Medal

William D. Hamilton → awardReceived → Darwin Medal ⓘ

John Maynard Smith → awardReceived → Darwin Medal ⓘ

Karl Pearson → awardReceived → Darwin Medal ⓘ

Nick Barton → awardReceived → Darwin Medal of the Royal Society ⓘ

linked to: Darwin Medal

Brian Charlesworth → awardReceived → Darwin Medal ⓘ

Ross Granville Harrison → awardReceived → Royal Society Darwin Medal ⓘ

subject linked to: Ross Granville Harrison (biologist)

linked to: Darwin Medal

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