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Logan Medal of the arts
The Logan Medal of the Arts was an arts prize initiated in 1907 and associated with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Frank G Logan family and the Society for Sanity in Art. From 1917 through 1940, 270 awards were given for contributions to Amer ...
, awarded by the Chicago Arts Institute.''
The Logan Medal is the highest award of the
Geological Association of Canada
The Geological Association of Canada (GAC) is a learned society that promotes and develops the geological sciences in Canada. The organization holds conferences, meetings and exhibitions for the discussion of geological problems and the exchange o ...
. Named after
Sir William Edmond Logan
Sir William Edmond Logan, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE Fellow of the Royal Society of London, FRS Geological Society of London, FGS (20 April 1798 – 22 June 1875), was a Scottish-Canadian, Canadian-born geologist and the found ...
, noted 19th-century Canadian geologist. It is presented annually to an individual for sustained distinguished achievement in Canadian earth science.
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Recipients
Source
Geological Association of Canada
See also
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List of geology awards
This list of geology awards is an index to articles on notable awards for geology, an earth science concerned with the solid earth, solid Earth, the rock (geology), rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. G ...
References
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Canadian science and technology awards
Geology awards
Awards established in 1964
1964 establishments in Canada