The Lorimer Medal of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh is awarded from time to time for meritorious work in diffusing the knowledge of Astronomy among the general public. It was established in memory of one of our Past Vice-Presidents, Mr John Henry Lorimer, RSA, who left the Society a substantial sum of money when he died in 1936.
- Sir James Jeans, DSc LLD FRS (1877 - 1946)
1938 October 7th
- Rev Dr Martin Davidson
1948 October 28th
- Sir Harold Spencer Jones, FRS (1890-1960)
1953 October 16th
- Prof William Marshall Smart, MA DSc FRAS FRSE
1958 October 3rd
- Patrick Alfred Moore, FRAS
1962 November 2nd
- Sir Bernard Lovell, FRS
1969 October 3
- Norman G Matthew, FRAS FRSSA FRSE
1976 April 2
- Harry Ford
1984 November 28
- Nora Jenkinson
1993 May 4
- Dave Gavine, BSc MA PhD FRAS
FRMetSoc
1995 June 2
- Mary Brück, BSc MSc PhD FRAS
2001 May 4
