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The medals were initially awarded as prizes in a cultural competition. In 1941, the Gold Medal was initiated and awarded in recognition of a "distinguished eminence". The first recipient of the gold medal was artist
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Headley - Veteran musician receives Musgrave Gold medal
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1988: Alfred
Sangster, science and technical education ;
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Robinson, community development & heritage;
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608:"NOTES ON A HISTORIC VISIT: Nicolás Guillén in Jamaica"
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Bucknor, academia; Winston Ewart, music
470:, education; Celia Christie-Samuels, medical research
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326:1996: Sir Roy Augier, Caribbean education history;
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1982: Clinton Black, history (archival development)
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339:1998: Jamaica Library Service, literature ;
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208:1977: Alicia Alonso, artistic excellence ;
141:1966: Phillip Sherlock, history and literature
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782:2017 Musgrave Medals to Outstanding Jamaicans
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138:1965: Theodore E. Sealy, cultural development
239:, dance and West Indian cultural development
116:1954: W. Adolphe Roberts, history literature
747:"Jamaicans recognised with Musgrave awards"
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514:2022: Lenford Salmon, theater and culture;
98:1943: Ena Ada Josephine, art and literature
427:2009: Wycliffe Bennett, arts development;
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444:2012: Horace Fletcher, medical science;
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371:2001: Hon. Lawson Douglas, urology
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249:, philology and etymology
157:1969: Ansel Hart, history
107:1951: George Goode, music
834:"10 get Musgrave Medals"
814:"Musgrave Medals for 10"
263:, painting and sculpture
366:Basil Barrington Watson
261:Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds
330:, sociological studies
134:No gold medals awarded
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36:Institute of Jamaica
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