The European Ceramic Society
Richard Brook Awards
This award honours Sir Richard Brook, distinguished fellow of ECerS and past editor of the Journal of ECerS, in recognition of all he has contributed to the Society.
The Richard Brook award is given to a ceramist belonging to a country outside Europe for outstanding contribution to ceramic science or technology and for enhancing understanding and collaboration within the international ceramic community.
Ceramists who received the Richard Brook Award (International Prize):
Malcolm McLaren †
USA
4th ECerS (1995), Riccione
Rudi Metselaar
The Netherlands
5th ECerS (1997), Versailles
Bob Newnham †
USA
6th ECerS (1999), Brighton
Masahiro Yoshimura
Taiwan
7th ECerS (2001), Bruges
Gary Messing
USA
8th ECerS (2003), Istanbul
Yukio Sakabe
Japan
9th ECerS (2005), Portoroz
Mrityunjay Singh
USA
10th ECerS (2007), Berlin
Frederich Lange †
USA
11th ECerS (2009), Krakow
Yoshio Sakka
Japan
12th ECerS (2011), Stockholm
Mike Swain
Australia
13th ECerS (2013), Limoges
Suk-Joong L. Kang
Korea
14th ECerS (2015), Toledo
Kathleen Richardson
USA
15th ECerS (2017), Budapest
Young-Wook Kim
Korea
16th ECerS (2019), Torino
Basu Bikramjit
India
17th ECerS (2022), Krakow
Tatsuki Ohji
Japan
18th ECerS (2023), Lyon
Clive Randall
USA
19th ECerS (2025), Dresden (Ge)
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