The Erzherzog Rainer-Medaille of the Kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (now "Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich") was awarded annually to a scientist in commemoration of Archduke Rainer of Austria (1827–1913).

Rainer Medalists Source: 1912: Erwin Baur, German botanist (1875-1933) 1912: Theodor Boveri, German geneticist (1862-1915) 1914: Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (1870-1959) 1914: George Reber Wieland, American paleontologist (1865–1953) 1921: Hans Winkler, German botanist (1877-1945) 1921: Othenio Abel, Paleontologist, paleobiologist (1875-1946) 1923: Nils Heribert-Nilsson, Swedish botanist and geneticist (1883-1955) 1923: Karl von Frisch, German-Austrian ethologist (1886-1982) 1925: Fritz von Wettstein, Czech-Austrian botanist (1895-1945) 1925: Richard Hesse, German zoologist 1927: August Thienemann, German zoologist (1882-1960) 1927: Gunnar Vilhelm Täckholm, botanist (1891-1933) 1929: Erik Stensiö, Swedish ichthyologist 1929: Fritz Knoll, Austrian botanist (1883-1981) 1931: D. M. S. Watson, British paleontologist (1886–1973) 1931: Werner Lüdi, Swiss botanist (1888-1968) 1933: Heinrich Walter, German-Russian botanist and eco-physiologist (1898-1989) 1933: Paul Buchner, German zoologist 1935: Lothar Geitler, Austrian botanist and cytologist (1899-1990) 1935: Jürgen Wilhelm Harms, German zoologist 1937: Sven P. Ekman, Swedish ostracodologist (1876-1964) 1937: Karl Schnarf, botanist (1879-1947)

See also

List of biology awards

References