Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion
The Alice David Hitchcock Medallion (which features a relief portrait of James 'Athenian' Stuart) is given annually to the author of the best architectural history book published in the past four years by a British author or by a foreign author on a British architectural historical subject. Nominations are solicited by the Society from members each Spring, a shortlist drawn up by the Executive Committee and a decision made by a reading Sub-Committee.
The award was instituted by Professor Henry-Russell Hitchcock (1903-87), and named after his mother. Professor Hitchcock was one of the greatest architectural historians of the twentieth century. American by birth and nationality but also European in his scholarly range, Hitchcock was a supportive presence at the meeting in Durham in March 1956 at which the Society was founded.
A list of winners of the Medallion in the Society's history appears below. Clicking on a linked winner takes you to the SAHGB citation (available for the most recent winners).
Previous Winners
2003: Nicola Coldstream
2002: Mark Wilson Jones
2001: Nicholas Cooper, Peter Fergusson & Stuart Harrison
2000: Linda Fairbairn
1999: Derek Linstrum
1998: Ian Bristow
1997: Robin Evans
1996: Robert Hillenbrand
1995: Miles Glendinning & Stefan Muthesius
1994: Colin Cunningham & Prudence Waterhouse
1993: John Allan
1992: Eileen Harris & Nicholas Savage
1991: Christopher Wilson
1990: Charles Saumarez Smith
1989: Andrew Saint
1988: Roger Stalley
1987: John Harvey
1986: David Brownlee
1985: Jill Lever
1984: William Curtis
1983: Maurice Craig
1982: Peter Thornton
1981: Howard Colvin
1980: Allan Braham
1979: Ted Ruddock
1978: Peter Smith
1977: Andrew Saint
1976: Anthony Blunt
1975: David Watkin
1974: J. Mordaunt Crook & M. H. Port
1973: Mark Girouard
1972: Hermione Hobhouse
1971: John Harris
1970: A. H. Gomme D. M. Walker
1969: Peter Collins
1968: Christopher Hussey
1967: Mark Girouard
1966: Nikolaus Pevsner
1965: H. M. & Joan Taylor
1964: F. H. W. Sheppard
1963: Dorothy Stroud
1962: John Fleming
1961: Kerry Downes
1960: John Summerson
1959: H. M. Colvin