The Linnean Tercentenary Medal was commissioned in 2007 by the

Linnean Society The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collec ...

to commemorate the tercentenary of the birth of

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

. Recipients were in two categories: Silver Medal and Bronze Medal, for outstanding contributions to natural history. The front of the medal features an illustration by Linnaeus of

Andromeda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; or ) is the daughter of Cepheus (father of Andromeda), Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda), Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia boasts that she (or Andromeda) is more beautifu ...

next to one of the plant he named Andromeda, from his 1732 expedition to Lapland and on the back, a spiral design made from illustrations taken from

Systema Naturae ' (originally in Latin written ' with the Orthographic ligature, ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Sweden, Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the syste ...

Silver Medal

* Sir

David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and writer. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the nine nature d ...

CBE, Hon. FLS, FRS * Professor Steve Jones FRS, FLS * Professor Edward O. Wilson FMLS, ForMemRS

Bronze Medal

* Ms Gina Douglas FLS * Dr Jenny Edmonds FLS * Professor Carl-Olof Jacobsen FLS * Professor Bengt Jonsell FLS * Dr Martyn Rix FLS * Mr Nigel Rowland FLS * Ms Elaine Shaughnessy FLS

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The Linnean Tercentenary Medal
The Linnean Society of London {{Carl Linnaeus Biology awards Commemoration of Carl Linnaeus

Silver Medal

Bronze Medal

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