The De Morgan Medal is a prize for outstanding contribution to
mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
, awarded by the
London Mathematical Society
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh Mathematical ...
. The Society's most prestigious award, it is given in memory of
Augustus De Morgan, who was the first President of the society.
The medal is awarded every third year (in years divisible by 3) to a mathematician who is normally resident in the
United Kingdom
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on 1 January of the relevant year. The only grounds for the award of the medal are the candidate's contributions to mathematics.
In 1968
Mary Cartwright became the first woman to receive the award.
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De Morgan Medal winners
Recipients of the De Morgan Medal include the following:
List of LMS prize winners
LMS website, accessed July 2011
See also
* Whitehead Prize
* Fröhlich Prize
The Fröhlich Prize of the London Mathematical Society is awarded in even numbered years in memory of Albrecht Fröhlich. The prize is awarded for original and extremely innovative work in any branch of mathematics. According to the regulations ...
* Senior Whitehead Prize
* Berwick Prize The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS. Berwick left some money to be given to the ...
* Naylor Prize and Lectureship
* PĂłlya Prize (LMS)
The Pólya Prize is a prize in mathematics, awarded by the London Mathematical Society. Second only to the triennial De Morgan Medal in prestige among the society's awards, it is awarded in the years that are not divisible by three – those in ...
* List of mathematics awards
This list of mathematics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the wo ...
References
{{Awards of the London Mathematical Society
British science and technology awards
Awards established in 1884
Triennial events
Awards of the London Mathematical Society
1884 establishments in the United Kingdom