Congratulations to Jonathan Nitschke on the award of a Corday-Morgan Medal and to Tomislav Friscic for the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize for 2011.
Corday-Morgan Prize
The Corday-Morgan Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry.
The Corday-Morgan Prize was established in 1949 after the death of Sir Gilbert Morgan in 1940. The first recipient was Sir Derek Barton.
Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize
The Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes are awarded for the most meritorious and promising original investigations in chemistry and published results of those investigations
The Edward Harrison Memorial Prize and the Meldola Medal and Prize combined to form the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize in 2008.
The Edward Harrison Memorial Prize commemorated the contributions of Lt-Col Edward Harrison to chemistry. Having qualified as a pharmaceutical chemist, he attempted to enlist in the army during World War 1, but was rejected. However, when gas weapons were first used, chemists, including Harrison, were enlisted in attempt to devise a form of defence against these weapons.
Harrison produced the first serviceable British gas mask and continuously worked on this during the war until he died of pneumonia, aged 47. His contributions have hugely impacted the lives of many in the armed forces.
The Meldola Prize recognises the significant contributions to science of Raphael Meldola. After working in a private laboratory, Meldola lectured at the Royal College of Science and assisted in a spectroscopy laboratory. in 1875, he led the British Eclipse Expedition to the Nicobar Islands. Meldola was a member of many scientific committees and was awarded the Davy Medal in 1913.