The Albert Medal
The Albert Medal is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated social innovation in action.
Award Winners
1864-2009
1864 Sir Rowland Hill
1865 His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III
1866 Michael Faraday
1867 Sir W Fothergill Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone
1868 Sir Joseph Whitworth
1869 Baron Justus Von Liebig
1870 Vicomte Ferdinand De Lesseps
1871 Sir Henry Cole
1872 Sir Henry Bessemer
1873 Michel Eugene Chevreul
1874 Sir William Siemens
1875 Michel Chevalier
1876 Sir George B Airy
1877 Jean Baptiste Dumas
1878 Lord Armstrong
1879 Lord Kelvin
1880 James Prescott Joule
1881 August Wilhelm Hofmann
1882 Louis Pasteur
1883 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
1884 Captain James Buchanan Eads
1885 Sir Henry Doulton
1886 Lord Masham
1887 HM Queen Victoria
1888 Professor Hermann Louis Helmholtz
1889 John Percy
1890 Sir William Henry Perkin
1891 Sir Frederick Abel
1892 Thomas Alva Edison
1893 Sir John Bennet Lawes and Sir Henry Gilbert
1894 Lord Lister
1895 Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell
1896 Professor David Edward Hughes
1897 George James Symons
1898 Professor Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
1899 Sir William Crookes
1900 Henry Wilde
1901 His Majesty King Edward VII
1902 Professor Alexander Graham Bell
1903 Sir Charles Augustus Hartley
1904 Walter Crane
1905 Lord Rayleigh
1906 Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
1907 The Earl Of Cromer
1908 Sir James Dewar
1909 Sir Andrew Noble
1910 Madame Curie
1911 The Hon Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
1912 Lord Strathcona
1913 His Majesty King George V
1914 Chevalier Guiglielmo Marconi
1915 Professor Sir Joseph John Thomson
1916 Professor Elias Metchnikoff
1917 Orville Wright
1918 Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook
1919 Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
1920 Professor A A Michelson
1921 Professor John Ambrose Fleming
1922 Sir Dugald Clerk
1923 Major General Sir David Bruce and Colonel Sir Ronald Ross
1924 HRH The Prince Of Wales
1925 Lieut-Colonel Sir David Prain
1926 Professor Paul Sabatier
1927 Sir Aston Webb
1928 Sir Ernest Rutherford
1929 Sir Alfred Ewing
1930 Professor H E Armstrong
1931 HRH The Duke Of Connaught and Strathearn
1932 Frank Brangwyn
1933 Sir William Lewellyn
1934 Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
1935 Sir Robert Hadfield
1936 The Earl Of Derby
1937 Lord Nuffield
1938 Her Majesty Queen Mary
1939 Sir Thomas Holland
1940 John A Milne
1941 President Franklin D Roosevelt
1942 Field Marshal J C Smuts
1943 Sir John Russell
1944 Sir Henry Tizard
1945 Winston Spencer Churchill
1946 Sir Alexander Fleming Frs And Sir Howard Florey
1947 Sir Robert Robinson
1949 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
1950 Sir Edward Appleton
1951 His Majesty King George VI
1952 Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle
1953 Dr Edgar Douglas Adrian
1954 Sir Ambrose Heal
1955 Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams
1956 Sir Henry Dale
1957 Sir Christopher Hinton
1958 HM Queen Elizabeth II
1959 Rt Hon Vincent Masey
1960 Sir Frederick Handley Page
1961 Professor Walter Gropius
1962 Sir Gordon Russell
1963 Hrh The Duke Of Edinburgh
1964 Dame Ninette De Valois
1965 Sir Leon Bagrit
1966 Christopher Cockerell
1967 Sir Edward Lewis
1968 Sir Barnes Wallis
1969 Sir Allen Lane
1970 Sir Peter Scott
1971 Sir William Glock
1972 Sir George Edwards
1973 Sir John Betjeman
1974 HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
1975 Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
1976 Lord Olivier
1977 Lord Robens
1978 Sir John Charnley
1979 Sir Robert Mayer
1980 Baroness Jackson Of Lodworth (Barbara Ward)
1981 Yehudi Menuhin
1982 Akio Morita
1983 Sir Arnold Hall
1984 Sir Hugh Casson
1985 HRH The Prince Of Wales
1986 Sir Alastair Pilkington
1987 Dr Francis Crick
1988 Sir Shridath Ramphal
1989 Lord Sainsbury Of Preston Candover
1990 Dr Jonathan Miller
1991 Baroness Seear
1992 Lord Young Of Darlington
1993 Paul Hamlyn
1994 Sir Ernest Hall
1995 Sir Adrian Cadbury
1996 Sir Claus Moser
1997 Sir Simon Rattle
1998 Baroness Warnock
1999 Professor Stephen Hawking
2000 HRH The Princess Royal
2001 Mary Robinson
2002 Tim Berners-Lee
2003 Tim Smit
2004 Karan Bilimoria
2005 Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland
2008 Dr Simon Duffy
2009 Zarine Kharas
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