(Edward Leonard Gill 1877 - 1956)

BirdLife South Africa's most prestigious award is the Gill Memorial Medal Award, which is awarded for outstanding lifetime contributions to ornithology (the study of birds) in southern Africa.

The Gill Memorial Medal Award is presented at the BirdLife South Africa Annual General Meeting.

Call for Nominations 2013 will open soon

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Recipients of Gill Memorial Medal Award:

1960 Jack Winterbottom *

1964 Gerry J Broekhuysen *

1966 Jack Skead *

1970 Pat Hall*

1972 Dr Phillip Alexander Clancey *

1975 Prof Gordon L Maclean *

1976 W Roy Siegfried

1980 Con Benson *

1984 Michael P Stuart "Miles" Irwin

1985 Mary K "Bunty" Rowan *

1988 Richard K Brooke *

1992 Ken Newman *

1996 Dr Warwick R Tarboton

1998 Terry Oatley

2008 Ian Sinclair

2009 William Richard John Dean

2010 Alan Charles Kemp

2011 Peter Roy Barry Steyn

2012 John Cooper  Read more

* Denotes deceased

Gill Memorial Medal Award Formal Procedures