The Melchett Award is an honour awarded by the Energy Institute for outstanding contributions to the science of fuel and energy.[1]
It was created by and named for Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, the 20th century businessman and philanthropist.
Winners
Source:[2]
- 1930: Kurt Rummell
- 1931: W. A. Bone
- 1932: Charles M. Schwab
- 1933: John Cadman
- 1934: Friedrich Bergius
- 1935: Harry R. Ricardo
- 1936: Franz Fischer
- 1937: Morris W. Travers
- 1938: R.V. Wheeler
- 1939: H.A. Humphrey
- 1940: Étienne Audibert
- 1941: Clarence A. Seyler
- 1942: Arno C. Fieldner
- 1943: E S Grumel
- 1944: J.G. King
- 1945: C H Lander
- 1946: Sir James Chadwick
- 1947: Kenneth Gordon
- 1949: Sir Frank Whittle
- 1950: R.J. Sarjan
- 1951: F.H. Garner
- 1952: D.T.A. Townend
- 1953: H. Hartley
- 1954: H.H. Storch
- 1955: A. Parker
- 1956: Sir Alfred Egerton
- 1957: Sir Christopher Hinton
- 1959: P.O. Rosin
- 1960: H.C. Hottel
- 1961: Sir Harold Hartley (award to MacFarlane): MacFarlane Memorial Lecture
- 1962: H.E. Crossley
- 1963: HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 1964: Homi Jehangir Bhabha
- 1965: F.J. Dent
- 1966: Sir Owen Saunders
- 1967: Sir Charles Cawley
- 1968: A. Ignatieff
- 1969: William T. Reid
- 1970: T E Allibone
- 1971: Lord Rothschild
- 1972: F T Bacon
- 1974: Sir Frederick Warner
- 1975: Sir John Hill, UKAEA
- 1976: T G Callcott
- 1977: J H Chesters
- 1978: G. Brunner
- 1979: A.W. Pearce
- 1980: Sir William Hawthorne
- 1981: J.H. Dunster
- 1982: J.A. Gray
- 1985: J.M. Beer
- 1986: N. Franklin
- 1987: Sir George Porter
- 1988: Frank Fitzgerald
- 1989: Neville Chamberlain
- 1990: David Lindley
- 1991: R.N. Hodge
- 1992: H.L. Beckers
- 1993: Robert Evans
- 1994: S. William Gouse, Jnr
- 1995: John Chesshire
- 1996: Sir Crispin Tickell
- 1997: I. Boustead
- 1998: Brenda Boardman
- 1999: Ian Fells
- 2000: Walt Patterson
- 2001: Lord Browne of Madingley
- 2002: Mary Archer
- 2003: Sir John Parker
- 2004: Sir Roy Gardner
- 2005: Vincent de Rivaz
- 2008: Andrew Warren
- 2010: James Skea
- 2011: Allan Jones
- 2013: David MacKay
- 2014: Lord Oxburgh
- 2016: David King[3]
- 2017: Fatih Birol
See also
References
- ^ Melchett Medal Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine at Energy Institute website : retrieved 21 January 2015
- ^ "Past Melchett Award winners" (PDF). Energy Institute.
- ^ "Energy Institute to welcome Prof Sir David King for prestigious lecture - News for the Energy Sector". 18 January 2017.
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