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The '''Chapman Medal''' is a medal of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]], named in honor of British [[astronomer]] [[Sydney Chapman (astronomer)|Sydney Chapman]]. It is awarded every other year, for investigations of outstanding merit in solar-terrestrial physics, including geomagnetism and aeronomy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapman Medal|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2264-chapman-medal|work=Awards, medals and prizes|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|accessdate=27 November 2013}}</ref>
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The '''Chapman Medal''' is an award of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]], given for "investigations of outstanding merit in the [[solar physics|science of the Sun]], [[space physics|space and planetary environments]] or [[solar-terrestrial physics]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapman Medal|url=https://ras.ac.uk/awards-grants/awards/chapman-medal|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|accessdate=27 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=ras_chapman_winners/> It is named after [[Sydney Chapman (mathematician)|Sydney Chapman]] (1888–1970), a British [[geophysicist]] who worked on solar-terrestrial physics and [[aeronomy]]. The medal was first awarded in 1973, initially on a [[wikt:triennial|triennial]] basis. From 2004-2012 it was awarded [[wikt:biennial|biennially]], and since 2012 has been annual.


==Medallists==
==Medallists==
Source: [https://ras.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-03/Chapman%20Medal_medallists.pdf Royal Astronomical Society]
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As listed by the [[Royal Astronomical Society]]:<ref>{{cite web|title=Chapman Medal winners|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/images/stories/awards/winners/chapman_medallists.pdf|work=Awards, medals and prizes|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|accessdate=27 November 2013}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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! width=6em|Year !! Winner !! width=6em class=unsortable|Source
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|2024 || [[Valery Nakariakov]] ||<ref name="winners_2024">{{cite press release |last1=Tonkin |first1=Sam |title=Royal Astronomical Society unveils 2024 award winners |url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/royal-astronomical-society-unveils-2024-award-winners |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society |date=12 January 2024|access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
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|2023 || [[Nicholas Achilleos]] || <ref>{{cite press release |title=Astrophysicist awarded medal for Jupiter and Saturn discoveries |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/jan/astrophysicist-awarded-medal-jupiter-and-saturn-discoveries |publisher=[[University College London]] |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en |date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
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| 2022 || [[Sandra Chapman]] ||
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| 2021 || [[Ineke De Moortel]] ||
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| 2020 || [[Cathryn Mitchell]] ||
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| 2019 || [[Tom Stallard (geophysicist)|Tom Stallard]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 2018 || [[Emma Bunce]] || <ref name="winner_2018">{{cite web|last1=Hollis|first1=Morgan|title=RAS medals and awards honour leading astronomers and geophysicists|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/272-news-2018/3086-ras-medals-and-awards-honour-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists|website=www.ras.org.uk|publisher=[[Royal Astronomical Society]]|accessdate=26 January 2018|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216130020/http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/272-news-2018/3086-ras-medals-and-awards-honour-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2017 || [[Mervyn Freeman]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/><ref name="winner_2017">{{cite web|last1=Hollis|first1=Morgan|title=Winners of the 2017 awards, medals and prizes - full details|url=https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2943-ras-honours-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists-2017|website=www.ras.org.uk|publisher=[[Royal Astronomical Society]]|accessdate=26 January 2018|language=en-gb}}</ref>
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| 2016 || [[Philippa Browning]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/><ref name="winner_2016">{{cite web | url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/264-news-2016/2760-ras-honours-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists | title=RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicist | publisher=RAS | date=8 January 2015 | accessdate=9 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720215653/http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/264-news-2016/2760-ras-honours-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists | archive-date=20 July 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
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| 2015 || [[Alan Hood]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/><ref name="winners_2015">{{cite web | url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2552-2015-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes | title=2015 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes | publisher=Royal Astronomical Society | date=9 January 2015 | accessdate=9 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110101806/http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2552-2015-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes | archive-date=10 January 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| 2014 || [[Louise Harra]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes-full-details |title=Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details |first= |last= |work=ras.org.uk |year=2014 |quote=Awards, Medals and Prizes |accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref>
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| 2013 || [[Stephen Milan]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/><ref name="medalists2013">{{cite web|title=2013 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2211-2013-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|date=10 January 2013|accessdate=13 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120022826/http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2211-2013-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes|archive-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
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| 2012 || [[Andrew Fazakerley]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 2010 || [[Bernard Roberts (scientist)|Bernard Roberts]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 2008 || [[André Balogh]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 2006 || [[Steven Jay Schwartz]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 2004 || [[Richard Harrison (scientist)|Richard Harrison]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 2001 || [[Jeremy Bloxham]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1998 || [[Michael Lockwood (physicist)|Mike Lockwood]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1994 || [[Ian Axford]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1991 || [[Stan Cowley]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1988 || [[D. Ian Gough]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1985 || [[Peter Goldreich]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1982 || [[James Dungey|Jim Dungey]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1979 || [[Eugene Parker]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1976 || [[Syun-Ichi Akasofu]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
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| 1973 || [[Drummond Matthews]] and<br/> [[Frederick Vine]] || <ref name=ras_chapman_winners/>
|}

==See also==


* [[List of geophysics awards]]
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* 2016 [[Philippa Browning]]<ref name="winner_2016">{{cite web | url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/news-archive/264-news-2016/2760-ras-honours-leading-astronomers-and-geophysicists | title=RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicist | publisher=RAS | date=8 January 2015 | accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref>
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* 2015 [[Alan Hood]]<ref name="winners_2015">{{cite web | url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2552-2015-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes | title=2015 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes | publisher=Royal Astronomical Society | date=9 January 2015 | accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref>
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* 2014 [[Louise Harra]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes-full-details |title=Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details |first= |last= |work=ras.org.uk |year=2014 |quote=Awards, Medals and Prizes |accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref>
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* 2013 [[Stephen Milan]]<ref name="medalists2013">{{cite web|title=2013 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes|url=http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2211-2013-winners-of-the-ras-awards-medals-and-prizes|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|date=10 January 2013|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref>
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* 2012 [[Andrew Fazakerley]]
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* 2010 [[Bernard Roberts (scientist)|Bernard Roberts]]
* 2008 [[André Balogh]]
* 2006 [[Steven J. Schwartz]]
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* 2004 [[Richard Harrison (scientist)|Richard Harrison]]
* 2001 [[Jeremy Bloxham]]
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* 1998 [[Michael Lockwood (physicist)|Mike Lockwood]]
* 1994 [[Ian Axford]]
* 1991 [[Stan Cowley|Stan W.H. Cowley]]
* 1988 D. Ian Gough
* 1985 [[Peter Goldreich]]
* 1982 [[James Dungey|James W. Dungey]]
* 1979 [[Eugene Parker]]
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* 1976 [[Syun-Ichi Akasofu]]
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* 1973 [[Drummond Matthews]] and [[Frederick Vine]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 12 January 2024

Chapman Medal
Andrew Fazakerley receiving the medal in 2012
Presented byRoyal Astronomical Society
First awarded1973
Websitehttps://ras.ac.uk/awards-grants/awards/chapman-medal Edit this on Wikidata

The Chapman Medal is an award of the Royal Astronomical Society, given for "investigations of outstanding merit in the science of the Sun, space and planetary environments or solar-terrestrial physics".[1][2] It is named after Sydney Chapman (1888–1970), a British geophysicist who worked on solar-terrestrial physics and aeronomy. The medal was first awarded in 1973, initially on a triennial basis. From 2004-2012 it was awarded biennially, and since 2012 has been annual.

Medallists

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Source: Royal Astronomical Society

Year Winner Source
2024 Valery Nakariakov [3]
2023 Nicholas Achilleos [4]
2022 Sandra Chapman
2021 Ineke De Moortel
2020 Cathryn Mitchell
2019 Tom Stallard [2]
2018 Emma Bunce [5]
2017 Mervyn Freeman [2][6]
2016 Philippa Browning [2][7]
2015 Alan Hood [2][8]
2014 Louise Harra [2][9]
2013 Stephen Milan [2][10]
2012 Andrew Fazakerley [2]
2010 Bernard Roberts [2]
2008 André Balogh [2]
2006 Steven Jay Schwartz [2]
2004 Richard Harrison [2]
2001 Jeremy Bloxham [2]
1998 Mike Lockwood [2]
1994 Ian Axford [2]
1991 Stan Cowley [2]
1988 D. Ian Gough [2]
1985 Peter Goldreich [2]
1982 Jim Dungey [2]
1979 Eugene Parker [2]
1976 Syun-Ichi Akasofu [2]
1973 Drummond Matthews and
Frederick Vine		 [2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Chapman Medal". Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Chapman Medal winners" (PDF). Awards, medals and prizes. Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. ^ Tonkin, Sam (12 January 2024). "Royal Astronomical Society unveils 2024 award winners" (Press release). Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Astrophysicist awarded medal for Jupiter and Saturn discoveries" (Press release). University College London. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ^ Hollis, Morgan. "RAS medals and awards honour leading astronomers and geophysicists". www.ras.org.uk. Royal Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ^ Hollis, Morgan. "Winners of the 2017 awards, medals and prizes - full details". www.ras.org.uk. Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ^ "RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicist". RAS. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes". Royal Astronomical Society. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details". ras.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014. Awards, Medals and Prizes
  10. ^ "2013 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes". Royal Astronomical Society. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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