John-Burroughs-Medaille

Die John-Burroughs-Medaille, i​m Englischen a​ls John Burroughs Medal o​der Burroughs Medal bezeichnet, i​st eine n​ach dem „literarischen Naturforscher“ John Burroughs benannte Auszeichnung, d​ie an Autoren naturwissenschaftlicher Bücher verliehen wird. Sie w​ird jedes Jahr d​urch die John Burroughs Association verliehen. Zu d​en bis h​eute bekanntesten Preisträgern d​er Medaille gehören Rachel Carson, Aldo Leopold u​nd Ernest Thompson Seton.

Preisträger

• 1926 – Charles William Beebe, Pheasants of the World.
• 1927 – Ernest Thompson Seton, Lives of Game Animals.
• 1928 – John Russell McCarthy, Nature Poems.
• 1929 – Frank Michler Chapman, Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America. (1906 veröffentlicht)
• 1930 – Archibald Rutledge, Peace in the Heart.
• 1931 – kein Preisträger
• 1932 – Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, A Canyon Voyage: A Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition. ISBN 0-8165-0880-1
• 1933 – Oliver Perry Medsger, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (set)
• 1934 – William Weaver Christman, Wild Pasture Pine.
• 1935 – kein Preisträger
• 1936 – Charles Crawford Gorst, Recordings of Bird Calls.
• 1937 – kein Preisträger
• 1938 – Robert Cushman Murphy, Oceanic Birds of South America.
• 1939 – Thomas Gilbert Pearson, Adventures in bird protection; an autobiography.
• 1940 – Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds. (18 title series, United States Government Printing Office)
• 1941 – Louis Joseph Halle Jr., Birds Against Men.
• 1942 – Edward Allworthy Armstrong, Birds of the Grey Wind.
• 1943 – Edwin Way Teale, Near Horizons: The Story of an Insect Garden.
• 1944 – kein Preisträger
• 1945 – Rutherford Platt, This Green World. ISBN 0-396-09188-1
• 1946 – Florence Page Jaques and Francis Lee Jaques (illustrator), Snowshoe Country. ISBN 0-87351-236-7
• 1947 – kein Preisträger
• 1948 – Theodora Stanwell-Fletcher, Driftwood Valley. ISBN 0-87071-524-0
• 1949 – Helen Gere Cruickshank, Flight Into Sunshine: Bird Experiences in Florida.
• 1950 – Roger Tory Peterson, Birds Over America. ISBN 0-396-08269-6
• 1951 – kein Preisträger
• 1952 – Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us. ISBN 0-451-61873-4
• 1953 – Gilbert Klingel, The Bay. ISBN 0-8018-2536-9
• 1954 – Joseph Wood Krutch, The Desert Year. ISBN 0-8165-0923-9
• 1955 – Wallace Byron Grange and Olaus Johan Murie (illustrator), Those of the Forest. ISBN 1-55971-083-7
• 1956 – Guy Murchie, Song of the Sky.
• 1957 – Archie Fairly Carr, The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores. ISBN 0-8130-0639-2
• 1958 – Robert Porter Allen, On the Trail of the Vanishing Birds.
• 1959 – kein Preisträger
• 1960 – John Kieran, A Natural History of New York City. ISBN 0-8232-1086-3
• 1961 – Loren Eiseley, The Firmament of Time. ISBN 0-8032-6739-8
• 1962 – George Miksch Sutton, Iceland Summer: Adventures of a Bird Painter. ISBN 0-8061-0491-0
• 1963 – Adolph Murie, A Naturalist in Alaska. ISBN 0-8165-1168-3
• 1964 – John Hay, The Great Beach: A Naturalist Explores the Frontier Between Land and Sea on the Outer Reaches of Cape Cod. ISBN 0-345-02255-6
• 1965 – Paul Brooks, Roadless Area. ISBN 0-345-25276-4
• 1966 – Louis Darling, The Gull's Way. ISBN 0-688-21366-9
• 1967 – Charlton Ogburn, Jr., The Winter Beach. ISBN 0-688-09418-X
• 1968 – Hal Borland, Hill Country Harvest.
• 1969 – Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, The Lovely and the Wild. ISBN 0-920474-43-8
• 1970 – Victor Blanchard Scheffer, The Year of the Whale.
• 1971 – John Kenneth Terres, From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog. ISBN 0-8078-4426-8
• 1972 – Robert Simeon Arbib, The Lord's Woods: The Passing of an American Woodland. ISBN 0-393-08639-9
• 1973 – Elizabeth Barlow, The Forests and Wetlands of New York City.
• 1974 – Sigurd Ferdinand Olson, Wilderness Days. ISBN 0-394-47155-5
• 1975 – kein Preisträger
• 1976 – Ann Haymond Zwinger, Run, River, Run. ISBN 0-06-014824-1
• 1977 – Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac. ISBN 0-915024-15-2
• 1978 – Ruth Kirk, The American Southwest Desert. ISBN 0-395-17209-8
• 1979 – Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men. ISBN 0-7432-4936-4
• 1980 – kein Preisträger
• 1981 – Mary Durant and Michael Harwood, On the Road with John James Audubon. ISBN 0-396-07740-4
• 1982 – Peter Matthiessen, Sand Rivers. ISBN 0-906053-22-6
• 1983 – Alexander Frank Skutch, A Naturalist on a Tropical Farm. ISBN 0-520-03802-9
• 1984 – David Rains Wallace, The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution. ISBN 0-520-23659-9
• 1985 – Mark Owens and Delia Owens, Cry of the Kalahari. ISBN 0-395-64780-0
• 1986 – Gary Paul Nabhan, Gathering the Desert. ISBN 0-8165-0935-2
• 1987 – Robert Michael Pyle, Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land. ISBN 0-684-18321-8
• 1988 – Tom Horton and Charles R. Hazard (illustrator), Bay Country. ISBN 0-8018-3525-9
• 1989 – Lawrence Kilham, On Watching Birds. ISBN 0-930031-14-8
• 1990 – John McPhee, The Control of Nature. ISBN 0-374-12890-1
• 1991 – Richard Nelson, The Island Within. ISBN 0-86547-404-4
• 1992 – Kenneth S. Norris, Dolphin Days: The Life and Times of the Spinner Dolphin. ISBN 0-393-02945-X
• 1993 – Vincent Dethier, Crickets and Katydids, Concerts and Solos. ISBN 0-674-17577-8
• 1994 – David George Campbell, The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica. ISBN 0-436-20049-X
• 1995 – Craig Packer, Into Africa. ISBN 0-226-64429-4
• 1996 – Bill Green, Water, Ice and Stone:Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes. ISBN 0-517-58759-9
• 1997 – David Quammen, The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction. ISBN 0-684-80083-7
• 1998 – John Alcock, In a Desert Garden:Love and Death Among the Insects. ISBN 0-8165-1970-6
• 1999 – Jan DeBlieu, Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land. ISBN 0-395-78033-0
• 2000 – Bernd Heinrich, Mind Of the Raven. ISBN 0-06-017447-1
  • Die Weisheit der Raben. Übersetzung: Hainer Kober. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-95757-810-5
• 2001 – David M. Carroll, Swampwalker's Journal. ISBN 0-395-64725-8
• 2002 – Ken Lamberton, Wilderness and Razor Wire. ISBN 1-56279-116-8
• 2003 – Carl Safina, Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival. ISBN 0-8050-6228-9
• 2004 – Ted Levin, Liquid Land: A Journey Through The Florida Everglades. ISBN 0-8203-2512-0
• 2005 – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. ISBN 0-87071-499-6
• 2006 – Donald Kroodsma, The Singing Life of Birds. ISBN 0-618-40568-2
• 2007 – Ellen Meloy, Eating Stone. ISBN 0-375-42216-1
• 2008 – Julia Whitty, The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific. ISBN 978-0-618-19716-3
• 2009 – Franklin Burroughs, Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay. ISBN 978-0-88448-282-6
• 2010 – Michael Welland, Sand: The Never-Ending Story. ISBN 978-0-520-26597-4
• 2011 – Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. ISBN 978-1-4915-8991-5
  • Das Geräusch einer Schnecke beim Essen, Übersetzung: Kathrin Razum, Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2012, ISBN 978-3312004980
• 2012 – Edward Hoagland, Sex and the River Styx. ISBN 978-1-60358-337-4
• 2013 – Thor Hanson, Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle. ISBN 978-0-465-02878-8
  • Federn. Ein Wunderwerk der Natur, Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95757-232-5.
• 2014 – Kathleen Jamie, Sightlines: A Conversation with the Natural World. ISBN 978-1-61519-083-6
• 2015 – Sherry Simpson, Dominion of Bears. ISBN 978-070061935-1
• 2016 – Sharman Apt Russell, Diary of a Citizen Scientist. ISBN 978-087071752-9.
• 2017 – Brian Doyle, Martin Marten. ISBN 978-125004520-1
• 2018 – David George Haskell, The Songs of Trees. ISBN 978-0525427520
  • Der Gesang der Bäume. Übersetzung: Christine Ammann, Kunstmann, München 2017, ISBN 978-3-95614-204-8.
• 2019 – William Glassley, A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of The Greenland Ice. ISBN 978-194265834-4
• 2020 – Marilyn Sigman, Entangled: People and Ecological Change in Alaska's Kachemak Bay. ISBN 978-160223348-5
• 2021 – William Bryant Logan, Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees. ISBN 978-039360941-7

Weblinks

• Website der John Burroughs Association