By Dr George Beccaloni, February 2022.
It is a seemingly extraordinary fact that Charles Darwin was not awarded any medals for his discovery of, or work on, evolution by natural selection, because of disagreement among his colleagues about the value of his work. The medals he received are as follows:
1853: Royal Medal of the Royal Society, for his work on barnacles. See https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/timeline-life-charles-darwin
1859: Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London, in recognition of his scientific contributions to Geology.
1864 Copley Medal of the Royal Society, for his achievements in Geology, Zoology and Physiological Botany.
1879: Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians, for distinguished work in Physiology. See http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/pdf/1879_BalyMedal_A1774.pdf