Medlicott Medal
Award for historians
The Medlicott Medal for Service to History is awarded annually by the Historical Association.[1] The idea of a medal for outstanding contributions to history originated in 1983 with a proposal from Professor Donald Read, then President of the Historical Association. The award is named after William Norton Medlicott, and was first awarded in 1985.[2]
Individual members of the Association and local Branches are invited to nominate potential recipients and the final decision is made by the Executive Committee of the Association. The Award seeks to recognize individuals from a diversity of backgrounds in their service to history. Past recipients of the Medal are all distinguished and outstanding individuals in their fields whether it be scholarship in the sense of original research, publication through specialist writing and lecturing, popularization of history through writing, TV or radio or through their teaching. Twenty-seven men have won the award, and nine women.
Winners
- 2021 Rana Mitter
- 2020 Not awarded
- 2019 Janet L. Nelson[2]
- 2018 Justin Champion[2]
- 2017 Mary Beard[2]
- 2016 Antony Beevor[2]
- 2015 Margaret MacMillan[2]
- 2014 Richard J. Evans[2]
- 2013 David Cannadine[3]
- 2012 Bettany Hughes[1]
- 2011 Michael Wood[4]
- 2010 Peter Hennessy[5]
- 2009 Melvyn Bragg[2]
- 2008 Gordon Batho[2]
- 2007 Chris Culpin[2]
- 2006 Lisa Jardine[2]
- 2005 Martin Gilbert[2]
- 2004 Ian Kershaw[2]
- 2003 Keith Thomas[2]
- 2002 Simon Schama[2]
- 2001 David Starkey[2] (Award withdrawn July 2020)[6]
- 2000 Antonia Fraser[2]
- 1999 Eric Hobsbawm[2]
- 1998 Patrick Collinson[2]
- 1997 Roy Jenkins[2]
- 1996 Irene Collins[2]
- 1995 John West[2]
- 1994 R. R. Davies[2]
- 1993 Marjorie Reeves[2][7]
- 1992 Lord Bullock[2]
- 1991 Neil Cossons[2]
- 1990 John Fines[2][8]
- 1989 Magnus Magnusson[2]
- 1988 Ragnhild Hatton[2]
- 1987 Frederick George Emmison[2]
- 1986 H. R. Loyn[2]
- 1985 A. G. Dickens[2]
Notes
- ^ a b history.org.uk, Medlicott Medal.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af The Medlicott Medal.
- ^ history.org.uk An Evening with David Cannadine.
- ^ history.org.uk, An Evening with Michael Wood.
- ^ history.org.uk, An evening with Peter Hennessy.
- ^ "The Medlicott Medal - withdrawn from Starkey". The Historical Association.
- ^ Guardian Obituaries, Marjorie Reeves, Retrieved September 2015
- ^ Guardian Obituaries, History for the bored generation.
