title: Pólya Prize (LMS)
text: The Pólya Prize is a prize in mathematics, awarded by the London Mathematical Society. Second only to the triennial De Morgan Medal in prestige among the society's awards, it is awarded in the years that are not divisible by three – those in which the De Morgan Medal is not awarded. First given in 1987, the prize is named after Hungarian mathematician George Pólya, who was a member of the society for over 60 years.
  
  The prize is awarded "in recognition of outstanding creativity in, imaginative exposition of, or distinguished contribution to, mathematics within the United Kingdom".
  It cannot be given to anyone who has previously received the De Morgan Medal.
  
  List of winners
   1987 John Horton Conway
   1988 C. T. C. Wall
   1990 Graeme B. Segal
   1991 Ian G. Macdonald
   1993 David Rees
   1994 David Williams
   1996 David Edmunds
   1997 John Hammersley
   1999 Simon Donaldson
   2000 Terence Lyons
   2002 Nigel Hitchin
   2003 Angus Macintyre
   2005 Michael Berry
   2006 Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
   2008 David Preiss
   2009 Roger Heath-Brown
   2011 E. Brian Davies
   2012 Dan Segal
   2014 Miles Reid
   2015 Boris Zilber
   2017 Alex Wilkie
   2018 Karen Vogtmann
   2020 Martin W. Liebeck
   2021 Ehud Hrushovski
  
  See also 
   List of mathematics awards
  
  References
   List of LMS prize winners London Mathematical Society
   The Pólya Prize of the London Mathematical Society MacTutor History of Mathematics
  
  British awards
  Awards established in 1987
  Awards of the London Mathematical Society