The Tilden Prize is an award that is made by the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Royal Inst ...

for advances in chemistry. The award was established in 1939 and commemorates Sir

William A. Tilden Sir William Augustus Tilden (15 August 1842 – 11 December 1926) was a British chemist. He discovered that isoprene could be made from turpentine. He was unable to turn this discovery into a way to make commercially viable synthetic rubber. L ...

, a prominent British chemist. The prize runs annually with up to three prizes available. Winners receive £5000, a medal and certificate.

Recipients

Recipients of the award, given since 1939, include: * 2021 – * 2020 – Christiane Timmel,

Stephen Liddle Stephen T. Liddle FRSE FRSC is a British professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Manchester. He is Head of Inorganic Chemistry and Co-Director of the Centre for Radiochemistry Research at the University of Manchester since 2015. ...

, Jianliang Xiao * 2019 –

Russell E. Morris Russell Edward Morris (born 8 June 1967) is Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews. He played first-class cricket while he was a student at the University of Oxford. He also represented the University of Oxfor ...

, Eric Mcinnes,

James Naismith James Naismith (; November 6, 1861November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. After moving to the United States, he wrote ...

* 2018 – ,

Jonathan Clayden Jonathan Paul Clayden (born 6 February 1968) is a Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bristol. Education In 1992 he obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge working with Dr Stuart Warren on asymmetric synthesis using pho ...

, * 2017 –

Jas Pal Badyal Jas Pal Singh Badyal (born 1964) FRS is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Durham University. Education Badyal was educated at the University of Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences in 1985 foll ...

, Lucy Carpenter,

Neil McKeown Neil Bruce McKeown FRSE is a chemist who is currently Crawford Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. Education He was educated at the University of East Anglia (BSc, 1984; PhD, 1987). Honours McKeown was awarded the Beilby Me ...

* 2016 –

Véronique Gouverneur Véronique Gouverneur (born 8 November 1964 in Geel, Belgium) is the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Prior to the Waynflete professorship, she held a tutorial fellowship ...

, , * 2015 – , Leroy Cronin, David J. Wales * 2014 –

Andrew Ian Cooper Andrew Ian Cooper FRS is Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. Education Cooper was educated at the University of Nottingham where he was awarded a PhD for research supervised by Martyn Poliakoff ...

, Guy Lloyd-Jones, Iain McCulloch * 2013 –

Steven Armes Steven Peter Armes (born 1962) is a Professor of polymer chemistry and colloid chemistry at the University of Sheffield. Education Armes was educated at Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School in Coventry and the University of Bristol where he w ...

, Eleanor Campbell, * 2012 –

Harry Anderson Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, comedian and magician. He is best known for his role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984–1992 television series ''Night Court''. He later starred in the si ...

, James R. Durrant, * 2011 – Jeremy Hutson, John Sutherland, Richard Winpenny * 2010 – , David Leigh, * Tilden Lectureship 2009/2010 – , Peter Bruce, * 2009 – Andrew Orr-Ewing, , Christopher Hunter * 2008 –

Varinder Aggarwal Varinder Kumar Aggarwal (born 1961) is a British organic chemist specialising in asymmetric synthesis. He is a Professor of Synthetic Chemistry at the School of Chemistry of the University of Bristol. Early life Aggarwal was born in 1961 in ...

, , * 2007 – , David Logan, * 2006 – , John M.C. Plane, Matthew Rosseinsky * 2005 – , Richard G. Compton, David W. Knight * 2004 – , , Vernon C. Gibson * 2003 – Andrew Holmes, David Parker, * 2002 – Anthony P. Davis, John Goodby, Peter Anthony Tasker * 2001 –

Lynn Gladden Dame Lynn Faith Gladden (born 30 July 1961) is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. She served as Pro-vice-chancellor for research from 2010 to 2016. Gladden was elected a member of the National Academy ...

, Martin Schröder, Thomas J. Simpson * 2000 – , , * 1999 – , , * 1998 – Geoffrey Cloke,

Dominic Tildesley Dominic Tildesley (born 1952, Forest HillSee audio file) is a British chemist. He gained his undergraduate chemistry degree from the University of Southampton in 1973. He went on to complete a DPhil at Oxford University in 1976 before undertak ...

, * 1997 – David Clary,

Stephen G. Davies Stephen Graham Davies (born 24 February 1950) is a British chemist and was, until his retirement, the Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Education Davies obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 from New ...

, David E. Fenton * 1996 – Michael Ashfold, James Feast, * 1995 – Jeremy K. Burdett, Anthony J. Stace, * 1994 –

Anthony Barrett Anthony Gerard Martin Barrett FRS, FMedSci is a British chemist, and Sir Derek Barton Professor of Synthesis, Glaxo Professor of Organic Chemistry at Imperial College London. He is Director of the Wolfson Centre for Organic Chemistry in Medic ...

, Robert J. Donovan, John Evans * 1993 – Peter Edwards, Paul Madden, Douglas W. Young * 1992 – ,

Philip Kocienski Philip Joseph Kocienski (born 23 December 1946) is a British organic chemist. He is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Leeds. Research Kocienski has made contributions to the design and development of new organometallic reagents in syn ...

Robin Perutz Robin Perutz FRS (born December 1949, in Cambridge) is a professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of York, where he was formerly head of department between 2000 and 2004.He is also the son of the Nobel Prize winner Max Perutz. Peru ...

* 1991 – Graham Fleming, , * 1990 –

John M. Brown John Mifflin Brown (September 8, 1817 – March 16, 1893) was a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He was a leader in the underground railroad. He helped open a number of churches and scho ...

Martyn Poliakoff Sir Martyn Poliakoff (born 16 December 1947) is a British chemist, working on gaining insights into fundamental chemistry, and on developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluid ...

, Robert K. Thomas * 1989 – ,

Michael Mingos David Michael Patrick Mingos, FRS (born 6 August 1944) is a British chemist and academic. He was Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1999 to 2009, and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Education Mingos attended ...

, Jim Staunton * 1988 – Brian F. G. Johnson, David Anthony King, Stephen V. Ley * 1987 – , Anthony Kirby, Kenneth Wade * 1986 –

Mark Child Mark Sheard Child FRS (born 17 August 1937) is a British chemist, and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Education Child attended Pocklington School from 1947 to 1955. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of C ...

, Brian T. Heaton, * 1985 – David Garner, Ronald Grigg, J H Pritchard * 1984 – David Thomas Clark, , * 1983 – Robin Clark,

Ian William Murison Smith Ian William Murison Smith (15 June 1937 – 8 November 2016) was a chemist who served as a research fellow and lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1985 and Professor of Chemistry at the University ...

, Dudley Howard Williams * 1982 –

C. Robin Ganellin Charon Robin Ganellin FRS (25 January 1934 – ) is a British medicinal chemist, and Emeritus Smith Kline and French Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, at University College London. He has contributed much to the field of drug discovery and dev ...

, Malcolm Green, John Philip Simons * 1981 –

Harold Kroto Sir Harold Walter Kroto (born Harold Walter Krotoschiner; 7 October 1939 – 30 April 2016), known as Harry Kroto, was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery o ...

, , Andrew Pelter * 1980 – Edward W. Abel,

Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., an ...

, * 1979 – John Albery, Jack Baldwin,

Peter Maitlis Peter Michael Maitlis, FRS (15 January 1933 – 18 May 2022) was a British organometallic chemist. Early life and education Maitlis was born on 15 January 1933, and educated at Hendon School (then Hendon County School) in north London 1944–5 ...

* 1978 – James K. Sutherland, * 1977 – , Karl Howard Overton * 1976 – Richard Norman, * 1975 – Alan R. Katritzky, John White * 1974 – , Bernard L. Shaw * 1973 – Charles Wayne Rees,

John Meurig Thomas Sir John Meurig Thomas (15 December 193213 November 2020), also known as JMT, was a Welsh scientist, educator, university administrator, and historian of science primarily known for his work on heterogeneous catalysis, solid-state chemistry, ...

* 1972 –

Alan Carrington Alan Carrington CBE, FRS (6 January 1934 – 31 August 2013) was a British chemist and one of the leading spectroscopists in Britain in the late twentieth century. Education Carrington was educated at Colfe's School and the University of So ...

Michael F. Lappert Michael Franz Lappert (31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014) was a Czech-born British inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes. Early life and education Lap ...

* 1971 –

John Cadogan Sir John Ivan George Cadogan (8 October 1930 – 9 February 2020) was a British organic chemist. Early life Cadogan was born in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. He was educated at Swansea Grammar School, where he achieved St ...

, F. Gordon A. Stone * 1970 – Leslie Crombie, * 1969 – , Robert Williams * 1968 – Robert Haszeldine,

David W. Turner David Warren Turner (born 1927) is a physical chemist known for the development of ultra-violet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), a technique for the measurement of molecular orbital energies in gas-phase molecules. His first paper on photoelectro ...

* 1967 – , Jack Lewis * 1966 –

Norman Greenwood Norman Neill Greenwood FRS CChem FRSC (19 January 1925 – 14 November 2012) was an Australian-British chemist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Leeds. Together with Alan Earnshaw, he wrote the textbook ''Chemistry of the Elements' ...

, Basil Weedon * 1965 –

Brian Thrush Brian Arthur Thrush (23 July 1928 – 14 September 2023) was a British physical chemist. He was an Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and a Life Fellow of Emmanuel College. Research Thrush studied the at ...

, Mark C. Whiting * 1964 – A. David Buckingham,

Franz Sondheimer Franz Sondheimer FRS (17 May 1926 – 11 February 1981) was a German-born British professor of chemistry. In 1960, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his contributions to science. Biography Franz Sondheimer was born in Stuttgart on 17 May 1926, ...

* 1963 – , Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson * 1962 –

Alan Battersby Sir Alan Rushton Battersby (4 March 1925 – 10 February 2018) was an English organic chemist best known for his work to define the chemical intermediates in the biosynthetic pathway to vitamin B12 and the reaction mechanisms of the enzymes invo ...

, Rex Richards * 1961 –

Joseph Chatt Joseph Chatt (6 November 1914 – 19 May 1994) was a renowned British researcher in the area of inorganic and organometallic chemistry. His name is associated with the description of the pi-bond between transition metals and alkenes, the Dewar– ...

, * 1960 –

Ronald Nyholm Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm (29 January 1917 – 4 December 1971) was an Australian chemist who was a leading figure in inorganic chemistry in the 1950s and 1960s. Education Born on 29 January 1917 as the fourth in a family of six children. Nyhol ...

, Ralph Raphael * 1959 –

Charles Kemball Charles Kemball CBE PRSE FRS FRSC FRIC (27 March 1923, in Edinburgh – 4 September 1998, in Tyninghame) was a Scottish chemist who served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1988–91) and as President of the Royal Institute of C ...

, Peter Pauson * 1958 –

James Baddiley Sir James Baddiley FRS FRSE (15 May 1918, in Manchester – 17 November 2008, in Cambridge) was a British biochemist. Early life and education Baddiley was born and brought up in Manchester. His father was director of research at the ICI ...

George Porter George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. Education and early life Porter was born in Stainforth, near Thorne, in the then West ...

* 1957 – Richard Maling Barrer, Basil Lythgoe * 1956 – , * 1955 –

Douglas Hugh Everett Douglas Hugh Everett FRS FRSE MBE (26 December 1916 – 25 June 2002) was a British chemist and academic author. His most pertinent contributions to science were in the field of thermodynamics. He famously (in relation to scientists) said: Ther ...

, George Wallace Kenner * 1954 –

Michael J. S. Dewar Michael James Steuart Dewar (24 September 1918 – 10 October 1997) was an American theoretical chemist. Education and early life Dewar was the son of Scottish parents, Annie Balfour (Keith) and Francis Dewar. He received the degrees of Bach ...

Christopher Longuet-Higgins Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins (April 11, 1923 – March 27, 2004) was a British scholar and teacher. He was the Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge for 13 years until 1967 when he moved to the University of Edin ...

* 1953 –

John Stuart Anderson John Stuart Anderson FRS, FAA, (9 January 1908 – 25 December 1990) was a British and Australian scientist who was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford.

, * 1952 –

Derek Barton Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton (8 September 1918 – 16 March 1998) was an English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate for 1969. Education and early life Barton was born in Gravesend, Kent, to William Thomas and Maude Henrietta Barton ( ...

, * 1951 –

Charles Coulson Charles Alfred Coulson (13 December 1910 – 7 January 1974) was a British applied mathematician and theoretical chemist. Coulson's major scientific work was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of m ...

Donald Holroyde Hey Donald Holroyde Hey FRS (12 September 1904 – 21 January 1987) was a Welsh organic chemist. He was notable for his paper proposing that the decomposition of benzoyl peroxide gave rise to free phenyl radicals. A photographic portrait of him ...

* 1950 – Frederick Dainton, Francis Leslie Rose * 1949 –

Meredith Gwynne Evans Meredith Gwynne Evans, FRS (2 December 1904 – 25 December 1952) was a British physical chemist, who made important theoretical contributions in the study of chemical reaction rates and reaction mechanisms. Together with Henry Eyring and Mich ...

, Frank Stuart Spring * 1948 – C. E. H. Bawn, * 1947 – Ernest Gordon Cox,

Ewart Jones Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones FRS (16 March 1911 – 7 May 2002) was a Welsh organic chemist and academic administrator, whose fields of expertise led him to discoveries into the chemistry of natural products, mainly steroids, terpenes and vitam ...

* 1946 – Albert Ernest Alexander,

Maurice Stacey Maurice Stacey CBE FRS FRIC (8 April 1907 – 9 October 1994) was a British chemist who worked alongside Sir Norman Haworth to artificially synthesize Vitamin C. Maurice Stacey was born on 8 April 1907 in Moreton, Shropshire. Stacey was educat ...

* 1945 –

Edward David Hughes Edward David Hughes (June 18, 1906June 30, 1963) was a British organic chemist. He was a professor first at University College, Bangor and then at University College in London, eventually rising to the rank of dean at each. He was elected as a F ...

, * 1944 –

Wilson Baker Wilson Baker FRS (24 January 1900 – 3 June 2002) was a British organic chemist. He was born in Runcorn, the youngest of the four children of Harry and Mary Baker (née Eccles); his father was himself a chemist, having studied under Sir Henr ...

John Monteath Robertson John Monteath Robertson FRS FRSE PCS CBE LLD (1900–1989) was a 20th-century Scottish chemist and crystallographer. He was the recipient of the Davy Medal in 1960 and president of the Chemical Society from 1962 to 1964. Life He was born ...

* 1943 – Frederick George Mann,

Harold Warris Thompson Sir Harold Warris Thompson, CBE, FRS (15 February 1908 – 31 December 1983) was an English physical chemist and spectroscopist, who also served as chairman of the Football Association. Early life and education Harold Thompson was born in Womb ...

* 1942 – Ronald P. Bell,

John Masson Gulland John Masson Gulland (14 October 1898 – 26 October 1947) was a Scottish chemist and biochemist. His main work was on nucleic acids, morphine and aporphine alkaloids. His work at University College Nottingham on electrometric titration was im ...

* 1941 –

Harry Julius Emeléus Harry Julius Emeléus CBE, FRS (22 June 1903 – 2 December 1993) was a leading English inorganic chemist and a professor in the department of chemistry, Cambridge University. Early life Emeléus was born in Poplar, London on 22 June 1903, t ...

, Robert Downs Haworth * 1940 –

Harry Melville Harry Melville may refer to: * Harry Melville (chemist) (1908–2000), British chemist and academic administrator * Harry Melville (rugby league) Harry 'Hughie' Melville (1929-1965) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the ...

, Alexander R. Todd * 1939 –

Edmund Hirst Sir Edmund Langley Hirst CBE FRS FRSE (21 July 1898 – 29 October 1975), was a British chemist. Life Hirst was born in Preston, Lancashire on 21 July 1898 the son of Elizabeth (née Langley) and Rev Sim Hirst (1856-1923) a Baptist minister. He ...

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{{authority control Awards of the Royal Society of Chemistry Awards established in 1939

Recipients

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