Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize’ for naturalists won by old Thomian Rohan Pethiyagoda – by Sunil Thenabadu Photo Source:linnean.org The Linnean Society of London was established in the year 1888 in the nineteenth century. The Linnean Medal is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist as has been common since 1958 to one of each in the same year. It is with great pride and delight that we inform our fraternity that our very own Rohan Pethiyagoda who was awarded the prestigious Linnean Medal at a ceremony organised by the Linnean society in London recently. The Linnean medal is commonly regarded as the ‘Nobel Prize’ for naturalists, owing to renowned naturalists such as Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins already being associated with this award. Rohan Pethiyagoda, a taxonomist which is the branch of science associated with classifications, especially of organisms received the Zoology award of the Linnean Society, it is learned that he is ...
May 30, 2022
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