Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953

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Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953 is a list of Cothenius Medal awardees for the period between 1864 and 1953.

Awarded forOutstanding research in any branch of science

Sponsored byGerman National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

CountryGermany

First award1792; 234 years ago

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Leopoldina Cothenius Medal
The Cothenius medal
Awarded for	Outstanding research in any branch of science
Sponsored by	German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Country	Germany
First award	1792; 234 years ago (1792)
Website	Cothenius Medal

List of Laureates

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Year	Laureate	Discipline	City	Ref
1953	Karl-Wilhelm Jötten (1886–1958)	Hygiene	Münster	^[1]
1944	Hans Winkler (1877–1945)	Botany	Hamburg	^[2]
1943	Otto Hahn (1878–1968)	Chemistry		^[3]
1942	Hermann Rein (1898–1968)	Physiology	Göttingen	^[4]
1941	Georg Sticker (1860–1960)	History of medicine	Würzburg	^[5]
1939	Alfred Vogt (1879–1943)	Ophthalmology	Zürich	^[6]
1938	Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg (1871–1962)	Agricultural sciences	Vienna	^[7]
1937	Armin Tschermak von Seysenegg (1870–1952)	Physiology	Prague	^[8]
1937	Dante de Blasi (1873–1956)	Hygiene	Rome	^[9]^[8]
1937	Eugen Fischer (1874–1967)	Anthropology		^[8]
1937	Franz Volhard (1872–1950)	Internal Medicine	Frankfurt	^[8]
1937	George Barger (1878–1938)	Biochemistry	Edinburgh	^[8]
1937	Max Le Blanc (1865–1943)	Physical Chemistry	Leipzig	^[10]
1937	Paul Uhlenhuth (1870–1957)	Hygiene	Freiburg	^[11]
1937	Richard Kuhn (1900–1957)	Chemistry	Heidelberg	^[12]
1937	Robert von Ostertag (1864–1940)	Veterinary Medicine	Tübingen	^[8]
1935	Hans Spemann (1869–1941)	Zoology	Freiburg	^[13]
1935	Otfrid Foerster (1873–1941)	Neurology	Breslau	^[14]
1934	Johannes Weigelt (1890–1948)	Geology/Paleontology		^[15]
1925	Albrecht Penck (1858–1945)	Geography	Berlin	^[2]^[16]
1925	Hugo Eckener (1868–1954)	Physics	Friedrichshafen	^[17]
1925	Sven Hedin (1865–1952)	Geography/Ethnology		^[18]
1922	Albert Wangerin (1844–1933)	Mathematics	Halle	^[19]
1916	Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836–1921)	Anatomy	Berlin	^[2]^[20]
1914	Emil Abderhalden (1877–1950)	Physiology		^[21]
1913	Leonhard Schultze-Jena (1872–1955)	Geography	Marburg	^[22]
1912	Robert Tigerstedt (1853–1923)	Physiology	Helsinki	^[23]
1911	Carl Chun (1852–1914)	Zoology	Leipzig	^[24]
1910	Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845–1920)	Botany	Leipzig	^[25]
1909	Viktor Uhlig (1857–1911)	Geology	Vienna	^[26]
1908	Daniel Vorländer (1867–1911)	Chemistry	Halle	^[27]
1907	Wilhelm von Bezold (1837–1907)	Meteorology	Berlin	^[28]
1906	David Hilbert (1862–1943)	Mathematics	Göttingen	^[29]
1906	Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909)	Geophysics	Neustadt, Hardt	^[2]
1905	Ernst Viktor von Leyden (1832–1910)	Internal Medicine	Berlin	^[2]
1904	Alexander Supan (1847–1920)	Geography	Gotha	^[30]
1903	Ivan Petrovic Pavlov (1849–1936)	Physiology	St. Petersburg	^[2]
1901	Carl Gegenbaur (1826–1903)	Anatomy	Heidelberg	^[31]
1901	Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902)	Anatomy	Berlin	^[32]
1900	Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911)	Botany	London	^[33]
1899	Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)	Mineralogy	Leipzig	^[34]
1898	Emil Fischer (1852–1919)	Chemistry	Berlin	^[35]
1897	Albert von Kölliker (1817–1905)	Anatomy	Würzburg	^[36]
1897	Georg Quincke (1834–1924)	Physics	Heidelberg	^[37]
1896	Robert von Sterneck (1839–1910)	Geodesy	Vienna	^[38]
1895	Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922)	Tropical medicine	Paris	^[39]
1895	Heinrich Ernst Beyrich (1845–1896)	Geology	Berlin	^[40]
1894	Hanns Bruno Geinitz (1814–1900)	Geology	Dresden	^[41]
1894	Karl von den Steinen (1855–1929)	Ethnology	Neubabelsberg	^[42]
1893	Adolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901)	Psychology	Würzburg	^[43]
1892	Gustav Retzius (1842–1919)	Anatomy	Stockholm	^[44]
1891	Melchior Treub (1851–1910)	Botany	Buitenzorg	^[45]
1890	Dionýz Štúr (1827–1893)	Geology	Vienna	^[46]
1889	Otto Wallach (1847–1931)	Chemistry	Göttingen	^[47]
1888	Julius von Hann (1839–1921)	Meteorology	Vienna	^[2]
1887	Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897)	Mathematics	Berlin	^[48]
1886	Adolf Kussmaul (1822–1902)	Internal Medicine	Strasbourg	^[2]
1885	Ludwig Lindenschmit (1809–1893)	Anthropology	Mainz	^[49]
1884	Rudolf Heidenhain (1834–1897)	PsychologyLindenschmit	Breslau	^[50]
1883	Franz Eilhard Schulze (1840–1921)	Zoology	Graz	^[2]
1882	Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894)	Botany	Berlin	^[51]
1881	Joachim Barrande (1799–1883)	Palaeontology	Prague	^[52]
1880	August Michaelis (1847–1916)	Chemistry	Karlsruhe	^[53]
1880	Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882)	Chemistry	Gottigen	^[54]
1880	Heinrich Robert Göppert (1838–1882)	Botany	Breslau	^[54]
1879	Wilhelm Weber (1804–1891)	Physics	Göttingen	^[55]
1878	Hugo Gyldén (1841–1896)	Astronomy	Stockholm	^[56]
1877	Joseph Lister (1827–1912)	Surgery	Edinburgh	^[57]
1876	Alexander Ecker (1816–1887)	Anatomy	Freiburg	^[58]
1876	August Weismann (1834–1914)	Zoology	Freiburg	^[59]
1876	August Wilhelm Eichler (1839–1887)	Botany	Kiel	^[60]
1876	Carl Ludwig (1816–1895)	Psychology	Leipzig	^[61]
1876	Ferdinand Tiemann (1848–1899)	Chemistry	Berlin	^[62]
1876	Fridolin von Sandberger (1826–1898)	Palaeontology	Würzburg	^[63]
1876	Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (1835–1910)	Astronomy	Milan	^[64]^[65]
1876	Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824–1887)	Physics	Berlin	^[66]
1867	Wilhelm Haarmann (1847–1931)	Chemistry	Holzminden	^[67]
1864	Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)	Zoology	Jena	^[68]

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Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953

List of Laureates

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