Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
(1847-1931)
F.W. Clarke was a chemist who determined the composition of the Earth's crust. He has been called the Father of Geochemistry.
The F.W. Clarke Award is presented annually at the Goldschmidt conference.
The award consists of an engraved silver medal, an honorarium (US$ 750), and a certificate.
The F.W. Clarke Award honors a single outstanding contribution to geochemistry or cosmochemistry, published by an early-career scientist as a single paper or a series of papers on a single topic.
Eligibility for this award is met if either of the following criteria is satisfied on the first day of the year in which the award is given: (1) the candidate must have received a recognized doctorate or its equivalent within six years; or (2) must not have celebrated his/her thirty-fifth birthday. An individual may not receive the Patterson and Clarke Awards for the same body of work. Nominations from all fields of geochemistry are encouraged. (For 2020: Nominee must either be born on/after Jan 1, 1985, or have received a PhD on/after Jan 1, 2014.)
Go to Make a Nomination for eligibility and nomination requirements.
| Year | Medalist | Citationist | Published Speech |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Thomas Kruijer | Thorsten Kleine | |
| 2018 | Noah Planavsky | Tim Lyons | GCA v. 246 pp. 594-596 |
| 2017 | Francis M. McCubbin | Andrew Steele | GCA v. 225 pp. 228-229 |
| 2016 | Laurence Yeung | John Eiler | GCA v. 201 p. 438 |
| 2015 | Anat Shahar | Edward Young | GCA v. 172 pp.466-467 |
| 2014 | Matthew G. Jackson | Nobumichi Shimizu | .. |
| 2013 | Blair Schoene | Urs Schaltegger | Citation | Acceptance |
| 2012 | David T. Johnston | Tim Lyons | .. |
| 2011 | Rajdeep Dasgupta | Marc M. Hirschmann | Citation | Acceptance |
| 2010 | Thorsten Kleine | Klaus Mezger | .. |
| 2009 | Cin-Ty Lee | Qing-zhu Yin | GCA v.85 pp.346-348 |
| 2008 | Andrew D. Jacobson | Joel Blum | GCA v.73/13S pp. S7-S9 |
| 2007 | Ethan F. Baxter | Don DePaolo | GCA v.72/12S pp.S6-S8 |
| 2006 | Alexis S. Templeton | Gordon E. Brown, Jr. | GCA v.71/15S pp.S22-S26 |
| 2005 | James A. van Orman | Timothy Grove | GCA v.71/15S pp.S19-S21 |
| 2004 | Andrea G. Grottoli | Peter K. Swart | GCA v.70/18S pp.S16-S18 |
| 2003 | Paul D. Asimow | Edward M. Stolper | GCA v.68/9 pp.1963-1966 |
| 2002 | Ruth E. Blake | Lynn M. Walter | GCA v.67/13 pp.2313-2316 |
| 2001 | Craig C. Lundstrom | R. James Kirkpatrick | GCA v.66/4 pp.557-560 |
| 2000 | James Farquhar | Mark H. Thiemens | GCA v.65/6 pp.1011-1013 |
| 1999 | Andre Scheidegger | Donald L. Sparks | GCA v.64/4 pp.763-766 |
| 1998 | Munir Humayun | Robert N. Clayton | GCA v.63/16 pp.2477-2479 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Blundy | Bernard J. Wood | GCA v.62/4 pp.737-740 |
| 1996 | Patricia M. Dove | Teresa S. Bowers | GCA v.60/19 pp.3767-3770 |
| 1995 | Rebecca A. Lange | Ian S.E. Charmichael | GCA v.59/21 pp.4569-4572 |
| 1994 | Carl B. Agee | Michael J. Drake | GCA v.59/7 pp.1435-1438 |
| 1993 | Youxue Zhang | Edward Stolper | GCA v.58/8 pp.1987-1990 |
| 1992 | Emily Klein | Charles H. Langmuir | GCA v.57/8 pp.1895-1898 |
| 1991 | David M. Sherman | Roger G. Burns | GCA v.56/4 pp.1777-1780 |
| 1990 | Richard J. Walker | John W. Morgan | GCA v.55/4 pp.1205-1206 |
| 1989 | No Award Given | ||
| 1988 | Fred M. Phillips | Stanley N. Davis | GCA v.53/4 pp.952-954 |
| 1987 | Eiichi Takahashi | .. | .. |
| 1986 | Mark D. Kurz | W.J. Jenkins | GCA v.51/6 pp.1775-1777 |
| 1985 | Edward M. Stolper | David Walker | GCA v.50/6 pp.1310-1312 |
| 1984 | Andrew S. MacKenzie | J.M. Hayes | GCA v.49/7 pp.1669-1670 |
| 1983 | E. Bruce Watson | John S. Dickey | GCA v.48/6 pp.1381-1382 |
| 1982 | P. Jonathan Patchett | Mitsunobu Tatsumoto | GCA v.47/5 pp.984-985 |
| 1981 | Jean-Francois Minster | Stanley R. Hart | GCA v.46/6 pp.1135-1137 |
| 1980 | R.W. Potter, II | David B. Stewart | GCA v.45/8 pp.1388-1392 |
| 1979 | Antonio C. Lasaga | Heinrich D. Holland | GCA v.44/8 pp.1236-1240 |
| 1978 | Donald J. DePaolo | Barclay Kamb | GCA v.43/3 pp.442-446 |
| 1977 | Bjorn O. Mysen | David H. Eggler | GCA v.42/4 pp.445-446 |
| 1976 | James R. Wood | Lawrence Hardie | GCA v.41/6 pp.833-835 |
| 1975 | David Walker | David R. Wones | GCA v.40/5 pp.567-569 |
| 1974 | Lawrence Grossman | Karl K. Turekian | GCA v.39/5 pp.770-772 |
| 1973 | Hiroshi Ohmoto | Heinrich D. Holland | GCA v.38/6 pp.978-981 |
| 1972 | Dimitri A. Papanastassiou | G.J. Wasserburg | GCA v.37/6 pp.1629-1633 |