Abstract
The Fields Medal is the most distinguished unternational award in mathematics. John Charles Fields felt strongly the lack of a Novel Prize in mathematics. He was also disturbed, as Chairman of the Committee of the 1924 International Mathematical Congress, by the scars left from the Versailles Treaty which marred the international character of the Congress. This paper traces the evolution of the award from incidents in Fields' background, through its formal inception at meetings of the University of Toronto Committee fir the 1924 Congress, to its eventual establishment and the first awards at the Oslo International Congress in 1936. Included are a list of all Fields Medal winners to date, the text of Fields' proposal for the establishment of the award, and relevant excerpts from minutes of the Toronto Committee, and a photograph of the medal.
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