John Burroughs Medal
The John Burroughs Medal,[1] named for nature writer John Burroughs (1837–1921), is awarded each year in April by the John Burroughs Association[2] to the author of a book that the association has judged to be distinguished in the field of natural history. Only twice has the award been given to a work of fiction.
List of recipients of the John Burroughs Medal
- 1926 - William Beebe, Pheasants of the World
- 1927 - Ernest Thompson Seton, Lives of Game Animals
- 1928 - John Russell McCarthy, Nature Poems
- 1929 - Frank M. Chapman, Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America (published 1906)
- 1930 - Archibald Rutledge, Peace in the Heart
- 1931 - no award
- 1932 - ISBN 0-8165-0880-1
- 1933 - Oliver P. Medsker, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (set)
- 1934 - W.W. Christman, Wild Pasture Pine
- 1935 - no award
- 1936 - Charles Crawford Gorst, Recordings of Bird Calls
- 1937 - no award
- 1938 - Robert Cushman Murphy, Oceanic Birds of South America
- 1939 - T. Gilbert Pearson, Adventures in Bird Protection
- 1940 - Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds (18 title series, United States Government Printing Office)
- 1941 - Louis J. Halle, Jr., Birds Against Men
- 1942 - Edward A. Armstrong, Birds of the Grey Wind
- 1943 - Edwin Way Teale, Near Horizons: The Story of an Insect Garden
- 1944 - no award
- 1945 - ISBN 0-396-09188-1
- 1946 - ISBN 0-87351-236-7
- 1947 - no award
- 1948 - ISBN 0-87071-524-0
- 1949 - Helen G. Cruickshank, Flight Into Sunshine: Bird Experiences in Florida
- 1950 - ISBN 0-396-08269-6
- 1951 - no award
- 1952 - ISBN 0-451-61873-4
- 1953 - ISBN 0-8018-2536-9
- 1954 - ISBN 0-8165-0923-9
- 1955 - ISBN 1-55971-083-7
- 1956 - Guy Murchie, Song of the Sky
- 1957 - ISBN 0-8130-0639-2
- 1958 - Robert Porter Allen, On the Trail of the Vanishing Birds
- 1959 - no award
- 1960 - ISBN 0-8232-1086-3
- 1961 - ISBN 0-8032-6739-8
- 1962 - ISBN 0-8061-0491-0
- 1963 - ISBN 0-8165-1168-3
- 1964 - ISBN 0-345-02255-6
- 1965 - ISBN 0-345-25276-4
- 1966 - ISBN 0-688-21366-9
- 1967 - ISBN 0-688-09418-X
- 1968 - Hal Borland, Hill Country Harvest
- 1969 - ISBN 0-920474-43-8
- 1970 - Victor B. Scheffer, The Year of the Whale
- 1971 - ISBN 0-8078-4426-8
- 1972 - ISBN 0-393-08639-9
- 1973 - Elizabeth Barlow, The Forests and Wetlands of New York City
- 1974 - ISBN 0-394-47155-5
- 1975 - no award
- 1976 - ISBN 0-06-014824-1
- 1977 - ISBN 0-915024-15-2
- 1978 - ISBN 0-395-17209-8
- 1979 - ISBN 0-7432-4936-4
- 1980 - no award
- 1981 - ISBN 0-396-07740-4
- 1982 - ISBN 0-906053-22-6
- 1983 - ISBN 0-520-03802-9
- 1984 - ISBN 0-520-23659-9
- 1985 - Mark Owens and ISBN 0-395-64780-0
- 1986 - ISBN 0-8165-0935-2
- 1987 - ISBN 0-684-18321-8
- 1988 - ISBN 0-8018-3525-9
- 1989 - ISBN 0-930031-14-8
- 1990 - ISBN 0-374-12890-1
- 1991 - ISBN 0-86547-404-4
- 1992 - ISBN 0-393-02945-X
- 1993 - ISBN 0-674-17577-8
- 1994 - ISBN 0-436-20049-X
- 1995 - ISBN 0-226-64429-4
- 1996 - ISBN 0-517-58759-9
- 1997 - ISBN 0-684-80083-7
- 1998 - ISBN 0-8165-1970-6
- 1999 - ISBN 0-395-78033-0
- 2000 - ISBN 0-06-017447-1
- 2001 - ISBN 0-395-64725-8
- 2002 - ISBN 1-56279-116-8
- 2003 - ISBN 0-8050-6228-9
- 2004 - ISBN 0-8203-2512-0
- 2005 - ISBN 0-87071-499-6
- 2006 - ISBN 0-618-40568-2
- 2007 - ISBN 0-375-42216-1
- 2008 - ISBN 0-618-19716-8
- 2009 - ISBN 0-88448-282-0
- 2010 - ISBN 0-520-26597-1
- 2011 - ISBN 978-1565126060
- 2012 - ISBN 978-1603583374
- 2013 - ISBN 978-0465028788
- 2014 - ISBN 978-0956308665
- 2015 - Sherry Simpson, Dominion of Bears, ISBN 978-0700619351
- 2016 - Sharman Apt Russell, Diary of a Citizen Scientist, ISBN 978-0870717529 [3]
- 2017 - Brian Doyle, Martin Marten, ISBN 978-1250045201 [4]
- 2018 - ISBN 978-0525427520;[5] a special John Burroughs Medal was given for Lifetime Achievement in Nature Poetry to Pattiann Rogers[6]
- 2020 - Marilyn Sigman, Entangled: People and Ecological Change in Alaska's Kachemak Bay, ISBN 978-1602233485
References
- ^ "About the Awards". John Burroughs Association. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "About the John Burroughs Association". John Burroughs Association. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ http://www.johnburroughsassociation.org/literary-awards978-0870717529 [dead link]
- ^ "Lake Oswego author Brian Doyle honored for nature writing".
- ^ "David Haskell Wins 2018 John Burroughs Medal". John Burroughs Association. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "Pattiann Rogers awarded John Burroughs Medal for lifetime achievement in nature poetry".