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 and professional association in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the ...

for advances in chemistry. The award was established in 1939 and commemorates Sir William A. Tilden, 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: * 2024 - Claire J. Carmalt, Erwin Reisner * 2023 – Craig Banks, Darren Dixon, Julie Macpherson * 2022 – Timothy Donohoe, Christopher Hardacre, David K. Smith * 2021 – Jonathan Reid, , Charlotte Williams * 2020 – Christiane Timmel, Stephen Liddle, Jianliang Xiao * 2019 – Russell E. Morris, Eric Mcinnes,

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* 2018 – , Jonathan Clayden, * 2017 – Jas Pal Badyal, Lucy Carpenter, Neil McKeown * 2016 – Véronique Gouverneur, , * 2015 – , Leroy Cronin, David J. Wales * 2014 – Andrew Ian Cooper, 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 ...

, Eleanor Campbell, * 2012 – Harry Anderson, James R. Durrant, * 2011 – Jeremy Hutson, John Sutherland, Richard Winpenny * 2010 – , David Leigh, * Tilden Lectureship 2009/2010 – ,

Peter Bruce Sir Peter George Bruce, is a British chemist, and Wolfson Professor of Materials in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. Between 2018 and 2023, he served as Physical Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society. Bru ...

, * 2009 – Andrew Orr-Ewing, , Christopher Hunter * 2008 – Varinder Aggarwal, , * 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 – , 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 Martin Schröder may refer to: * Martin Schröder (chemist) (born 1954), professor of inorganic chemistry * Martin Schröder (aviator) (1931–2024), founder of Martinair {{Hndis, Schroder, Martin ...

, * 2000 – , , * 1999 – , , * 1998 – Geoffrey Cloke, Dominic Tildesley, * 1997 – David Clary, Stephen G. Davies, David E. Fenton * 1996 – Michael Ashfold, James Feast, * 1995 – Jeremy K. Burdett, Anthony J. Stace, * 1994 – Anthony Barrett, Robert J. Donovan, John Evans * 1993 – Peter Edwards, Paul Madden, Douglas W. Young * 1992 – , Philip Kocienski,

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 – , Martyn Poliakoff, Robert K. Thomas * 1989 – , Michael Mingos, * 1988 – Brian F. G. Johnson, David Anthony King, Stephen V. Ley * 1987 – , Anthony Kirby, Kenneth Wade * 1986 – Mark Child, Brian T. Heaton, Robert Ramage * 1985 – David Garner, Ronald Grigg, J H Pritchard * 1984 – David Thomas Clark, , * 1983 – Robin Clark, Ian William Murison Smith, Dudley Howard Williams * 1982 – C. Robin Ganellin, Malcolm Green, John Philip Simons * 1981 – Harold Kroto, , Andrew Pelter * 1980 – Edward W. Abel,

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, * 1979 – John Albery, Jack Baldwin, Peter Maitlis * 1978 – James K. Sutherland, * 1977 – , Karl Howard Overton * 1976 –

Richard Norman Richard Norman may refer to: * Richard Norman (chemist), British chemist * Richard Norman (philosopher), British academic, philosopher and humanist *Richard Norman, founder of movie production company Norman Studios in the U.S. * Dick Norman (Amer ...

, * 1975 – Alan R. Katritzky, John White * 1974 – , Bernard L. Shaw * 1973 – Charles Wayne Rees, John Meurig Thomas * 1972 – Alan Carrington, Michael F. Lappert * 1971 – John Cadogan, F. Gordon A. Stone * 1970 – Leslie Crombie, * 1969 – ,

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* 1968 – Robert Haszeldine, David W. Turner * 1967 – , Jack Lewis * 1966 – Norman Greenwood, Basil Weedon * 1965 – Brian Thrush, Mark C. Whiting * 1964 – A. David Buckingham, Franz Sondheimer * 1963 – , Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson * 1962 – Alan Battersby, Rex Richards * 1961 – Joseph Chatt, * 1960 – Ronald Nyholm, Ralph Raphael * 1959 – Charles Kemball, Peter Pauson * 1958 – James Baddiley,

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

Douglas Hugh Everett Douglas Hugh Everett Royal Society of London, 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 t ...

, George Wallace Kenner * 1954 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Christopher Longuet-Higgins * 1953 – John Stuart Anderson, Alan Woodworth Johnson * 1952 – Derek Barton, Herbert Marcus Powell * 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 ...

, Donald Holroyde Hey * 1950 – Frederick Dainton, Francis Leslie Rose * 1949 – Meredith Gwynne Evans, Frank Stuart Spring * 1948 – C. E. H. Bawn, Frederick Ernest King * 1947 – Ernest Gordon Cox, Ewart Jones * 1946 – Albert Ernest Alexander, Maurice Stacey * 1945 – Edward David Hughes, * 1944 – Wilson Baker, John Monteath Robertson * 1943 – Frederick George Mann, Harold Warris Thompson * 1942 – Ronald P. Bell, John Masson Gulland * 1941 – Harry Julius Emeléus, Robert Downs Haworth * 1940 – Harry Melville, Alexander R. Todd * 1939 – Edmund Hirst,

References

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

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