# Derek Allen Prize

The Derek Allen Prize is awarded by the British Academy. It was founded in 1976 to honour Derek Allen, FBA, who was secretary (1969–73) and treasurer (1973–75) of the British Academy. It was established by his widow and sons to recognise outstanding scholarly achievement in Allen's principal interests: numismatics, Celtic studies and musicology. Although awarded annually, the prize rotates between the three disciplines. Recipients are awarded £400.

## List of recipients

The following specialists have been awarded the prize:
20th-century
* 1977 (musicology): Professor Oliver Strunk
* 1978 (numismatics): Dr Karel Castelin
* 1979 (Celtic studies): Professor Kenneth Jackson
* 1980 (musicology): Dr Julian Budden
* 1981 (numismatics): J. B. Colbert de Beaulieu
* 1982 (Celtic studies): Professor Brian Ó Cuiv
* 1983 (musicology): Dr David Brown
* 1984 (numismatics): Dr Simone Scheers
* 1985 (Celtic studies): Professor J. E. Caerwyn Williams
* 1986 (musicology): Professor Reinhard Strohm
* 1987 (numismatics): Dr Georges Le Rider
* 1988 (Celtic studies): Professor Edouard Bachellery
* 1989 (musicology): Professor J. E. Stevens
* 1990 (numismatics): Dr P. Bastien
* 1991 (Celtic studies): Professor K. H. Schmidt
* 1992 (musicology): David Cairns
* 1993 (numismatics): Jean Lafaurie
* 1994 (Celtic studies): Professor Emeritus Eric P. Hamp
* 1995 (musicology): Dr Peter Holman
* 1996 (numismatics): Dr J. P. C. Kent
* 1997 (Celtic studies): Professor Proinsias Mac Cana
* 1998 (musicology): Professor Peter Walls
* 1999 (numismatics): Cécile Morrisson
21st-century
* 2000 (Celtic studies): Professor Derick Thomson, FBA
* 2001 (musicology): Dr Janice Stockigt
* 2002 (numismatics): Professor Dr Gert Hatz
* 2003 (Celtic studies): Professor Pádraig Ó Riain
* 2004 (musicology): Professor Colin Timms
* 2005 (numismatics): Professor Philip Grierson, FBA
* 2006 (Celtic studies): Daniel Huws
* 2007 (musicology): Professor Philip V. Bohlman
* 2008 (numismatics): Professor Michael Metcalf, Emeritus Professor of Numismatics, University of Oxford
* 2009 (Celtic studies): Yr Athro Dafydd Jenkins, Emeritus Professor of Legal History and Welsh Law, University of Aberystwyth
* 2010 (musicology): Professor Gary Tomlinson, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania
* 2011 (numismatics): Dr Mark Blackburn, Keeper, Department of Coins and Medals, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
* 2012 (Celtic studies): Professor Fergus Kelly, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
* 2013 (musicology): Professor Arnold Whittall, King's College London
* 2014 (numismatics): Dr Richard Reece, University College London
* 2015 (Celtic studies): Professor Pierre-Yves Lambert, Centre national de la recherche scientifique
* 2016 (musicology): Dr Margaret Bent, CBE, FBA, University of Oxford
* 2017 (numismatics): Professor Michael Crawford, FBA, University College London
* 2018 (Celtic studies): Professor Máire Herbert, MRIA, University College Cork
* 2019 (musicology): Alejandro Planchart
* 2020 (numismatics): Dr Andrew Burnett
* 2021 (Celtic studies): Professor Ralph A. Griffiths
* 2022 (musicology) : Professor Suzanne G. Cusick
* 2023 (numismatics) : Dr Joe Cribb
* 2024 (Celtic studies): Erich Poppe