The Stamford Raffles Award is an award of the

Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained the London Zoo, and since 1931 Whipsnade Park. History On 29 ...

. It is "For distinguished contributions to zoology by amateur zoologists or professional zoologists in recognition of contributions which are outside the scope of their professional activities." The first awards were sculptures by

Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract art, abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Mo ...

called 'Animal Form', followed later by sculptures called 'Young Hippo' by Anita Mandl.

List of awardees

20th century

* Source
ZSL
*1961 Dr W. S. Bristowe for contributions to

arachnology Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of ...

*1962 Dr. Reginald Ernest Moreau for contributions to

ornithology Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

*1963

Cyril Winthrop Mackworth Praed Cyril Winthrop Mackworth-Praed (21 September 1891 – 30 June 1974) was a British sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was also a naturalist and ornithologist who specialized on the birds of Africa. Life and work Ma ...

for contributions to ornithology *1964

Claud William Wright Claud William Wright CB (9 January 1917, Ellenborough, Yorkshire, England – 15 February 2010, Burford, Oxfordshire, England), aka Willy Wright, was a senior British civil servant who was also an expert in the disciplines of geology, palaeont ...

for contributions to

palaeontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

*1965 Dr Ernest Neal for contributions to

mammalogy In zoology, mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems. Mammalogy has also been known as "mastology," "theriology," a ...

and

entomology Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

*1966 The Reverend

Edward Allworthy Armstrong Edward Allworthy Armstrong (8 October 1900 – 19 December 1978) was a British ornithologist and Church of England clergyman. Edward Allworthy Armstrong was born at Corlea, Lowwood, Belfast on 8 October 1900, the younger child and only son ...

for contributions to ornithology *1967 Dr

Maxwell Savage Maxwell may refer to: People * Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist * Justice Maxwell (disambiguation) * Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage o ...

for contributions to knowledge of the amphibians *1968 Guy Mountfort for his contributions to the study of natural history *1969

Rex A. Jubb Rex may refer to: * Rex (title) (Latin: king, ruler, monarch), a royal title ** King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom People * Rex (given name), for people with the given name * Rex (surname), for people with t ...

for contributions to southern African

ichthyology Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish ( Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octob ...

*1970

Donovan Reginald Rosevear Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

in recognition of contributions to knowledge of West African mammalian fauna *1971 Beryl Patricia Hall for work on the

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

and

zoogeography Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with geographic distribution (present and past) of animal species. As a multifaceted field of study, zoogeography incorporates methods of molecular biology, genetics, mo ...

of African birds *1972 Dr Lionel George Higgins for outstanding contributions to knowledge of Lepidoptera *1973 George Hazlewood "Ted" Locket for contributions to arachnology *1974 Arthur Erskine Ellis for contributions to the study of molluscs *1975 Lieutenant-Colonel

John Nevill Eliot Lt. Col. John Nevill Eliot (29 August 1912 – 11 April 2003)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' was an English entomologist who specialised in Oriental Lepidoptera especially Lycaenidae. He was born in Woolwich, Lo ...

for distinguished taxonomic work on Lepidoptera, particularly the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

*1977 Stanley Cramp for contributions to ornithology *1978

Jonathan Kingdon Jonathan Kingdon (born 1935 in Tanzania) is a zoologist, science author, and artist; a research associate at the University of Oxford. He focuses on taxonomic illustration and evolution of the mammals of Africa. He is a contributor to The Oxford ...

for contributions to the study of East African mammals *1979 Stella Turk for contributions to the study of

seahorse A seahorse (also written ''sea-horse'' and ''sea horse'') is any of 46 species of small marine fish in the genus ''Hippocampus''. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek (), itself from () meaning "horse" and () meaning "sea monster" or " ...

life and marine molluscs *1980 Dr

Edward H. Eason Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

for distinguished work on the taxonomy of

centipede Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...

s *1981 Lt.-Col.

A. Maitland Emmet Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Maitland Emmet MBE (15 July 1908 – 3 March 2001) was an amateur entomologist and a former schoolmaster who taught Latin, English and Ancient Greek. He was a former president of the British Entomological and Natural Hi ...

for work on

Microlepidoptera Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the 'smaller moths' ( micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, and are thus harder ...

*1982 Mr

R. Moylan Gambles R. or r. may refer to: * '' Reign'', the period of time during which an Emperor, king, queen, etc., is ruler. * '' Rex'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning King * ''Regina'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning Queen * or , abbrevi ...

for distinguished work on

Odonata Odonata is an order of flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. Members of the group first appeared during the Triassic, though members of their total group, Odonatoptera, first appeared in Late Carboniferous. The two co ...

*1983 Major Michael Gallagher for contributions to the ornithology of Arabia *1984 Dr

Walter J. Le Quesne Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born ...

for distinguished contribution to the taxonomy and biology of Hemiptera *1985 Dr

A. Frank Millidge Alfred Frank Millidge (1914 – 16 April 2012) was a British arachnologist who wrote several works on spiders. One of his best-known might be ''British Spiders'', volumes I and II, which he co-wrote with G. H. Locket. In 1983, he became the first ...

for distinguished contributions to arachnology *1987 Miss

Fiona Guiness Fiona is a feminine given name. The name is associated with the Gaelic traditions of Ireland and Scotland (through the poetry of James Macpherson), but has also become popular in England.. It can be considered either a Latinised form of the Gae ...

for contributions to research on

red deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of wes ...

in the

British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (O ...

*1988 Mr

William Frank Harding Ansell William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

for contribution to knowledge of the taxonomy and distribution of African mammals *1989 Major

Kenneth W. England Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byna ...

for contribution to the taxonomy of tropical

sea-anemone Sea anemones are a group of predatory marine invertebrates of the order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the '' Anemone'', a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria ...

s *1990 Dr

David L. Harrison David Lee Harrison (born March 13, 1937) is an American children's author and poet. Professional career Harrison's poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for young readers have been anthologized in more than 200 books, translated into twelve languages, ...

for distinguished contribution to the study of mammals *1992 Dr

J. Denis Summers-Smith James Denis Summers-Smith (25 October 1920 – 5 May 2020) was a British ornithologist and mechanical engineer, a specialist both in sparrows and in industrial tribology. Early life Summers-Smith was raised in Glasgow, where he was born in ...

for world-renowned work on

sparrow Sparrow may refer to: Birds * Old World sparrows, family Passeridae * New World sparrows, family Passerellidae * two species in the Passerine family Estrildidae: ** Java sparrow ** Timor sparrow * Hedge sparrow, also known as the dunnock or hedg ...

s *1993 Dr

William R. P. Bourne William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...

for contribution to the study of seabirds *1994 Mrs

J. Hall-Crags ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...

for long-standing contributions to the description of

bird song Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, songs (relatively complex vocalizations) are distinguished by f ...

*1996 Mrs

Norma Chapman Norma may refer to: * Norma (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Astronomy *Norma (constellation) *555 Norma, a minor asteroid *Cygnus Arm or Norma Arm, a spiral arm in the Milky Way galaxy Geography *Norma, Lazio ...

for outstanding contribution to the knowledge of deer in Britain *1998 Dr

Clive Carefoot Clive is a name. People and fictional characters with the name include: People Given name * Clive Allen (born 1961), English football player * Clive Anderson (born 1952), British television, radio presenter, comedy writer and former barrister * ...

for outstanding research on

plumage Plumage ( "feather") is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage differ between species and subspecies and may vary with age classes. Within species, ...

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar worki ...

*1999 Mr Edward Max Nicholson for lifelong contributions to conservation

21st century

*2001 Dr Norman Moore for research on the ecology and behaviour of dragonflies *2002

Thomas Jones Roberts Thomas Jones Roberts (1924 – 2013) was a British ornithologist who was known for his work on the wildlife of Pakistan. Amongst his works are ''Mammals of Pakistan'' and ''Birds of Pakistan''. Early life Roberts was born to Sir William Roberts, ...

for furthering our understanding of wildlife in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

*2003

Christopher du Feu Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), " Christ" or " Anointed", and φέρ ...

for contributions to ornithology *2005 Peter Grubb for contributions to mammalian systematics *2006 Peter Chandler for contributions to our knowledge of European Diptera *2007

Ted Benton Ted Benton is a British academic. Career As an academic, Benton works as an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Essex. He has taught subjects such as social theory and environmental social science for more than forty years. Hi ...

for contributions to our knowledge on bees, butterflies and dragonflies *2009 Bob Swann for contributions to ornithology *2010 Richard Lewington for contributions for wildlife illustration *2011

Dan Danahar Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa ** Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Iv ...

for contributions towards the advancement of biodiversity education *2012

Stephen Petty Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to deat ...

for significant long-term monitoring and data collection that has contributed to our understanding of the ecology of tawny owl populations, their vole prey and other raptors *2013

David Mallon David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

for significant contributions to antelope conservation *2014

Elise Andrew Elise Andrew (born 1989) is a British blogger and science communicator. She was the CEO and founder of IFLScience, a website and Facebook page on popular science. With regard to the site, Andrew has come under criticism for plagiarism, unlicens ...

for significant contributions to science communication *2015

Nick Tregenza Nick may refer to: * Nick (given name) * A cricket term for a slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat * British slang for being arrested * British slang for a police station * British slang for stealing * Short for nickname Places ...

for outstanding contributions to acoustic monitoring of cetaceans *2016 Malcolm Tait for outstanding contributions to the public appreciation of wildlife *2017 Paul Brock for outstanding contributions to entomology

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Zoological Society of LondonReginald Ernest Moreau's Stamford Raffles Award of 1962
sold for £50,000 in June 2016 (Christie's) Biology awards Zoology British science and technology awards Awards established in 1961