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THE Geological Society has made the following awards: Wollaston Medal to Prof. Waldemar Lindgren of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for his. researches concerning the mineral structure of the earth, and especially concerning the problems of mesasomatism, contact ore deposits and the application of physical chemistry to ore deposition; Murchison Medal to Dr. L. J. Spencer, in recognition of the value of his original contributions to mineralogical science and of his services to the publication of mineralogical literature; Lyell Medal to Mr. L. Richardson, for his contributions to the geology of the Jurassic rocks of Great Britain; Bigsby Medal to Prof. C. E. Tilley, in recognition of the value of his researches in petrological science, especially in the petrology of the metamorphic rocks; Wollaston Fund to Dr. D. Parkinson; Murchison Fund to Mr. S. H. Straw; a moiety of the Lyell Fund to Mr. J. F. Jackson; another moiety of the Lyell Fund to Miss M. E. Tomlinson.
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Awards of the Geological Society. Nature 139, 148 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139148b0
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