| Administrative History | Established in 1896 under the will of Sir Joseph Prestwich, who bequeathed to the Society the sum of £800. However due to depreciation in the value of his investments it was actually £709 2s 10d. The annually accumulated proceeds were to be applied every three years 'in providing a Gold Medal of the value of Twenty Pounds, which, with a purse containing the remainder of the said accumulated proceeds, is to be awarded...to the person or persons, either male or female, and either resident in England or abroad, who shall in the opinion of the said Society had done well for the advancement of the science of Geology...' |