The Sue Tyler Friedman Medal is awarded by the
Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe, with more than 12,000 Fellows.
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for work on the
history of geology
The history of geology is concerned with the development of the natural science of geology. Geology is the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
Antiquity
In the year 540 BC, Xenophanes described fossil fish a ...
. Established in 1987, it is named after the wife of academic journal editor and publisher
Gerald M. Friedman, and was funded by a gift to the Geological Society by Friedman's company, Northeastern Science Foundation, of
Troy, New York
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.
Sue Tyler Friedman Medallists
Source
The Geological Society
See also
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List of geology awards
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References
Geology awards
Awards of the Geological Society of London
British science and technology awards
Awards established in 1988
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