20th Century

• 1961 Dr W.S. Bristowe
  W.S. Bristowe
  William Syer Bristowe , who wrote under the name W. S. Bristowe, was an English naturalist, a prolific and popular scientific writer and authority on spiders....
  
   for contributions to arachnology
• 1962 Dr. R.E. Moreau for contributions to ornithology
• 1963 Cyril Winthrop Mackworth Praed for contributions to ornithology
• 1964 C.W. Wright for contributions to palaeontology
• 1965 Dr Ernest Neal
  Ernest Neal
  Ernest Neal was the 2nd Poet Laureate of Georgia. He was born in Sparta, Georgia in 1858. He lived in Dahlonega for some time, but Calhoun, GA was his home.- Biography :Neal became Georgia's 2nd Poet Laureate on August 20, 1927...
  
   for contributions to mammalogy and entomology
• 1966 The Reverent E.A. Armstrong for contributions to ornithology
• 1967 Dr Maxwell Savage for contributions to knowledge of the amphibians
• 1968 Guy Mountfort
  Guy Mountfort
  Guy Mountfort OBE was an English advertising executive, amateur ornithologist and conservationist.-Biography:...
  
   for his contributions to the study of natural history
• 1969 R.A. Jubb for contributions to southern African ichthyology
• 1970 D.R. Rosevear in recognition of contributions to knowledge of West African mammalian fauna
• 1971 B.P. Hall for work on the taxonomy and zoogeography of African birds
• 1972 Dr L.G. Higgins for outstanding contributions to knowledge of Lepidoptera
• 1973 G.H. Locket for contributions to arachnology
• 1974 A.E. Ellis for contributions to the study of molluscs
• 1975 Lieutenant-Colonel J.N. Eliot for distinguished taxonomic work on Lepidoptera, particularly the family Lycaenidae
• 1977 Stanley Cramp
  Stanley Cramp
  Stanley Cramp was a British civil servant and ornithologist best known as the first Chief Editor of the encyclopaedic nine-volume handbook The Birds of the Western Palearctic ....
  
   for contributions to ornithology
• 1978 Jonathan Kingdon
  Jonathan Kingdon
  Jonathan Kingdon is a science author, and Research Associate at the University of Oxford.He focuses on taxonomic illustration and evolution of the mammals of Africa. He is a contributor to The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing....
  
   for contributions to the study of East African mammals
• 1979 S.M. Turk for contributions to the study of seahorse life and marine molluscs
• 1980 Dr E. H. Eason for distinguished work on the taxonomy of centipedes
• 1981 Lt.-Col. A M Emmet for work on Microlepidoptera
• 1982 Mr R M Gambles for distinguished work on Odonata
• 1983 Major W D Gallagher for contributions to the ornithology of Arabia
• 1984 Dr W J Le Quesne for distinguished contribution to the taxonomy and biology of Hemiptera
• 1985 Dr A F Millidge for distinguished contributions to arachnology
• 1987 Miss Fiona Guiness for contributions to research on red deer in the British Isles
• 1988 Mr W. F. H. Ansell for contribution to knowledge of the taxonomy and distribution of African mammals
• 1989 Major K. W. England for contribution to the taxonomy of tropical sea-anemones
• 1990 Dr D. L. Harrison for distinguished contribution to the study of mammals
• 1992 Dr J. D. Summers-Smith for world-renowned work on sparrows
• 1993 Dr W. R. P. Bourne for contribution to the study of seabirds
• 1994 Mrs J. Hall-Crags for long-standing contributions to the description of bird song
• 1996 Mrs Norma Chapman for outstanding contribution to the knowledge of deer in Britain
• 1998 Dr Clive Carefoot for outstanding research on plumage genetics
• 1999 Mr Edward Max Nicholson
  Edward Max Nicholson
  Edward Max Nicholson was a pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, and a founder of the World Wildlife Fund.-Early life:...
  
   for life-long contributions to conservation

21st Century

• 2001 Dr Norman Moore
  Norman W. Moore
  Norman Winfred Moore is a British conservationist and author who has worked extensively on studies of dragonflies and their habitats....
  
   for research on the ecology and behaviour of dragonflies
• 2002 Thomas Jones Roberts for furthering our understanding of wildlife in Pakistan
• 2003 Christopher du Feu for contributions to ornithology
• 2005 Peter Grubb
  Peter Grubb (zoologist)
  Peter Grubb was an English zoologist. He often collaborated with Colin Groves and described several new mammal taxa including Felis margarita harrisoni , the Bornean Yellow Muntjac, the Nigerian White-throated Guenon, Cephalophus nigrifrons hypoxanthus, the White-legged Duiker, Cephalophus...
  
   for contributions to mammalian systematics
• 2006 Peter Chandler for contributions to our knowledge of European diptera
• 2007 Ted Benton for contributions to our knowledge on bees, butterflies and dragonflies
• 2009 Bob Swann for contributions to ornithology