Cothenius Medal

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Leopoldina Cothenius Medal
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The Cothenius medal
Awarded forOutstanding research in any branch of science
Sponsored by German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
CountryGermany
First award1792;233 years ago (1792)
Website Cothenius Medal

Cothenius Medal is a medal awarded by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (known as the Leopoldina) for outstanding scientific achievement during the life of the awardee. [1] The medal was created to honour Christian Andreas Cothenius, who was the personal physician to Frederick the Great. [2] In 1743, Cothenius became a fellow of the Leopoldina, later president of the learned society that had been created by Emperor Leopold I. [2] When Cothenius died, he left a sum of money in his will to the society with the condition that the interest on the money should be used to award a gold medal, every two years by answering a question in medicine whereby some new truth could be established. [2] Up until 1864, the award came with a prize but was then converted into an award for the promotion of research over the whole period of a person's life. [3] Each medal bears the Latin inscription "Praemium virtutis salutem mortalium provehentibus sancitum" (Created in recognition of the ability of those who promote the good of mortals). [1]

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Cothenius Medal awardees, 1959–Present

YearImageLaureateDisciplineCityRef
2025 Prof Kai Simons 2014 (cropped).jpg Kai Simons (born 1938)Biochemistry/cell biologyDresden [4]
2024 Roger Goody Royal Society.jpg Roger S. Goody (born 1944)BiochemistryDortmund [5]
2023 Jürgen Troe (born 1940)Physical ChemistryGöttingen [6]
2021 Rudolf K. Thauer (born 1939)Microbiology/ImmunologyMarburg [7]
2021 Werner Kühlbrandt (born 1951)Biochemistry/Structural BiologyFrankfurt [8]
2019 Klaus Mullen Portrait.jpg Klaus Müllen (born 1947)ChemistryMainz [9]
2019 Walter Neupert (1939–2019)Biochemistry and cell biology Martinsried [10]
2017 Fritz Melchers (born 1936)Cell biologyBerlin [11]
2017 Joachim Trümper (born 1933)X-ray astronomyGarching [12]
2015 Herbert Gleiter (born 1938)PhysicsKarlsruhe [13]
2015 Otto Ludwig Lange.png Otto Ludwig Lange (1927–2017)BiologyWürzburg [14]
2013 Gunter S. Fischer (born 1943)ChemistryHalle [15]
2013 Wolf Singer.JPG Wolf Singer (born 1943)NeurosciencesFrankfurt [16]
2011 Bert hoelldobler 2010 public.jpg Bert Hölldobler (born 1936)ZoologyWürzburg [17]
2011 Anna M. Wobus (born 1945)Human genetics and molecular medicineGatersleben [18]
2011 Ulrich Wobus (born 1942)Genetics/Molecular BiologyGatersleben
2009 Karl Decker (1925–2024)Biochemistry [19]
2009 Eduard Seidler 2010.jpg Eduard Seidler (1929–2020)History of medicine [15]
2007 Klaus Wolff (1935–2019)DermatologyVienna [20]
2007 Sigrid Doris Peyerimhoff (born 1937)Physical chemistryBonn [21] [22]
2005 Hans Günter Schlegel (1924–2013)MicrobiologyGöttingen [15]
2005 Alfred Gierer (2003).jpg Alfred Gierer (born 1929)Molecular biologist [15]
2003 Schultz Helmreich (cropped) - Ernst Helmreich.JPG Ernst J. M. Helmreich (1922–2017)BiochemistryWürzburg [23]
2003 Benno Parthier (1932–2019)Cell biology [24]
2003 Andreas Oksche (1926–2017)AnatomyGiessen [25]
2001 Leopold Horner, deutscher Chemiker, 1983.jpg Leopold Horner (1911–2005)ChemistryMainz [26]
2001 Heinz Jagodzinski (1916–2012)PhysicsMunich [27]
2000 Hans Mohr (1930–2016)Plant physiologistFreiburg [28]
1999 Rudolf Rott (1926–2003)Veterinary medicineGiessen [29]
1999 Dorothea Kuhn (1923–2015)History of science and medicineMarbach
1997 Otto Braun-Falco (1922–2018)DermatologyMunich [30]
1997 Friedrich Hirzebruch.jpeg Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012)MathematicsBonn [31]
1995 Wilhelm Doerr (1914–1996)PathologyHeidelberg [32]
1995 Gottfried Möllenstedt (1912–1997)PhysicsTübingen
1995 Dietrich Schneider (1919–2008)ZoologyStarnberg [33]
1993 Wolfgang Gerok ( (1926–2021)Internal MedicineFreiburg [34]
1993 Kieler Universitatstage 1965 an der Christian-Albrechts-Universitat (CAU) (Kiel 34.584).jpg Bernhard Hassenstein (1922–2016)ZoologieFreiburg [35]
1991 Heinz Röhrer (1905–1992)Veterinary Medicine Rathenow [36]
1991 ETH-BIB-Eschenmoser, Albert (1925 -)-Portr 12128.tif Albert Eschenmoser (1925–2023)Chemistry Küsnacht [37]
1989 Sir Bernard Katz.jpg Sir Bernhard Katz (1911–2003)PhysiologyLondon [38]
1989 Jürgen Tonndorf (1914–1989) Otorhinolaryngology New York [39]
1989 Heinz Bethge (1919–2001)Physics [40]
1987 1964 Rostislav Kaishev professor.jpg Rostislaw Kaischew (1908–1990)Physical ChemistrySofia [41]
1987 Adolf Watznauer (1907–1995)Geology Karl-Marx-Stadt [42]
1985 Konrad Zuse (1992).jpg Konrad Zuse (1910–1995)Computer technology Hünfeld [43]
1985 Hermann Flohn (1912–1997)ClimatologyBonn [15]
1983 Wolf von Engelhardt (1910–2008)MineralogyTübingen [15]
1983 Erna Lesky (1911–1986)History of MedicineInnsbruck [44]
1980 Wilhelm Jost (1903–1988)Physical ChemistryGöttingen [45]
1980 Peter Friedrich Matzen (1909–1986)OrthopaedicsLeipzig [46]
1977 Wolfgang Gentner (1906–1980)PhysicsHeidelberg [47]
1977 Arnold Graffi (1910–2006)General BiologyBerlin [48]
1975 Ilya Prigogine 1977c.jpg Ilya Prigogine (1917–1988)Physical ChemistryBrussels/Austin [49]
1975 Ernst Ruska (1906–1996)PhysicsBerlin [50]
1974 Viktor Ambartsumian (published 1968).png Viktor Ambartsumian (1908–1996)Astronomy Yerevan [51]
1973 Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995)AstronomyKiel [52]
1972 Erwin Reichenbach (1897–1973)Stomatology [53]
1971 Otto Kratky (1902–1995)Physical ChemistryGraz [54]
1971 Hund, Friedrich 1920er Gottingen.jpg Friedrich Hund (1896–1997)GöttingenPhysics [55]
1969 Paul S Alexandroff 2.jpg Pavel Alexandrov (1896–1982)MathematicsMoscow [15]
1969 Helmut Hasse.jpg Helmut Hasse (1898–1979)MathematicsHamburg [56]
1969 ETH-BIB-Waerden, Bartel Leendert van der (1903-1996)-Portrait-Portr 12193.tif Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903 - 1996)MathematicsZürich [15]
1967 Vladimir Engelgardt (1894–1984)Physiological ChemistryMoscow [15]
1967 Karl Lohmann (1898–1978)Physiological ChemistryBerlin [57]
1966 Archibald Vivian Hill.jpg Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977)PhysiologyCambridge (GB) [58]
1965 Hans Hermann Bennhold (1893–1976)Internal MedicineTübingen [59]
1965 Ernst Derra (1901–1979)SurgeryDüsseldorf [15]
1964 Wolfgang von Buddenbrock.jpg Wolfgang von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1884–1964)ZoologyMainz [60]
1961 Max Burger.jpg Max Bürger (1885–1966)Internal MedicineLeipzig [61]
1960 Kurt Mothes (Aragaz 1961).jpg Kurt Mothes  [ de ] (1900–1983)BotanyHalle [62]
1960 Sir John Eccles Wellcome L0026812.jpg John Eccles (1903–1997)PhysiologyCanberra [63]
1959 George de Hevesy.jpg George de Hevesy (1885–1966)Physical ChemistryStockholm [64]
1959 Pyotr Kapitsa 1930s.jpg Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984)PhysicsMoscow [65]

Cothenius Medal awardees, 1864–1953

Cothenius Medal awardees, 1792–1861

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