Huxley Memorial Medal

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The Huxley Memorial Medal is a prestigious award in anthropology, conferred by the Royal Anthropological Institute to honor outstanding contributions to the field.

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Huxley Memorial Medal canonical 2
Huxley Medal 1
Huxley Memorial Lecture 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic award
anthropology award
medal
associatedWith Royal Anthropological Institute lectures
awardedBy Royal Anthropological Institute
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
awardingBodyType learned society
country United Kingdom
field anthropology
firstAwarded 1900
frequency annual
hasComponent Huxley Memorial Lecture
inception 1900
languageOfName English
location London
linked to: London, England
namedAfter Thomas Henry Huxley
namedForNotability advocacy of evolutionary theory
namedForOccupation biologist
notableRecipient A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
Adam Kuper
Bronisław Malinowski
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Clifford Geertz
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Edmund Leach
Fredrik Barth
Jack Goody
Marilyn Strathern
Marshall Sahlins
Mary Douglas
Maurice Bloch
linked to: Fredrik Barth

Meyer Fortes
Raymond Firth
Tim Ingold
presentedFor distinguished services to anthropology
outstanding contributions to the science of anthropology
purpose to honor outstanding contributions to anthropology
sponsor Royal Anthropological Institute
status active award

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Pierre Bourdieu awardReceived Huxley Memorial Medal
Huxley Memorial Medal hasComponent Huxley Memorial Lecture
linked to: Huxley Memorial Medal
William Ramsay awardReceived Huxley Medal
linked to: Huxley Memorial Medal