Honours
The notable people who are associated with University of Glasgow world changing achievements have received a wide array of honours and awards. Browse the list of honours to find out which notable people have been awarded them and which of their achievements contributed to the award. Honours can be browsed by their name, or the name of the body that bestowed the honour. There are 84 Honours available, listed below by award body:
- American Astronomical Society: Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
- American Chemical Society: Priestly Medal
- American Chemical Society: Richard A Glenn Award
- American Chemical Society: Roger Adams Medal
- American Numismatic Society: Huntingdon Medal
- American Philosophical Society: Magellanic Premium
- Andrew Melrose: Andrew Melrose Prize
- Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine: Rijlant International Prize
- Bernhard-Nocht-Institut/German Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health: Bernhard Nocht Medal
- British Association of Dermatologists: Sir Archibald Grey Gold Medal
- British Institute of Radiology: Mackenzie Davidson Memorial Lecture
- British Monarch: Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
- British Monarch: Companion of Honour (CH)
- British Monarch: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- British Monarch: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
- British Monarch: Kight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
- British Monarch: Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB)
- British Monarch: Knighthood
- British Monarch: Member of the British Empire (MBE)
- British Monarch: Officer of the British Empire (OBE)
- British Monarch: Order of Merit (OM)
- British Monarch: Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (OStJ)
- British Monarch: Peerage
- British Monarch: Royal Medal
- City of Edinburgh: Freedom of the City of Edinburgh
- City of Glasgow: Freedom of the City of Glasgow
- City of London: Freedom of the City of London
- Costa Coffee: Costa First Novel Award
- Costa Coffee: Costa Novel Award
- Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation: Daiwa-Adrian Prize
- Edinburgh Geological Society: Clough Medal
- Edinburgh International Science Festival: Edinburgh Medal
- Emil Christian Hansen Foundation : Hansen Prize
- Emperor Meiji of Japan: Order of the First Class of the Sacred Treasure
- Emperor Meiji of Japan: Order of the Rising Sun
- European Organisation for Caries Research: Rolex Prize
- European Society of Human Genetics: European Society of Human Genetics Award
- Evening Times: Scotswoman of the Year
- Franklin Institute: Michelson Medal
- FVS Foundation: Ossian Prize for Poetry
- Geological Society : Bigsby Medal
- Geological Society: Coke Medal
- Geological Society: Wollaston Fund
- Geological Society of London: Murchison Medal
- Glasgow Geological Society: T Neville George Medal
- International Association for Mathematical Geosciences: William Christian Krumbein Medal
- International Federation of Medical & Biological Engineering or the British Institution of Radio Engineers: Zworykin Prize
- Koch Foundation: Robert Koch Medal
- Linnean Society : Linnean Medal
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Mary Kingsley Medal
- Los Angeles Times : Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction)
- Mineralogical Society: Schlumberger Award
- Nobel Prize Committee: Nobel Prize
- Not known: Giuseppe Piazzi Award
- Paleontological Association : Lapworth Medal
- President of the French Republic: Légion d'honneur
- Queen Elizabeth II: Gold Medal for Poetry
- Royal Astronomical Society: Herschel Medal
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: Eardley Holland Medal
- Royal College of Surgeons of England: Lister Medal
- Royal College of Surgeons of England: Victor Bonney Prize
- Royal Numismatic Society : Royal Numismatic Society Medal
- Royal Society: Fellow of the Royal Society
- Royal Society of Chemistry: Corday-Morgan Prize
- Royal Society of Chemistry: Harrison Memorial Prize
- Royal Society of Chemistry: Longstaff Prize
- Royal Society of Edinburgh: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Royal Society of Edinburgh: Makdougall Brisbane Prize
- Royal Society of Edinburgh: Neill Medal
- Royal Society of London: Copley Medal
- Royal Society of London: Darwin Medal
- Royal Society of London : Davy Medal
- Royal Society of London: Mullard Award
- Royal Society of Medicine: Blair Bell Medal
- Royal Statistical Society : Guy Medal (Silver)
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Gregori Aminoff Medal
- Saltire Society: Saltire Society Scottish Science Award
- Saltire Society: Scottish Research Book of the Year Award
- Scottish Parliament : Scots Makar
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Order of Flag with Gold Star
- Society of British Neurological Surgeons : Society of British Neurological Surgeons Medal
- Swiss Chemical Society: Paracelsus Prize
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization : Unesco Prize for Science
- Various universities: Honorary Degree