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126:. The award was instituted as the Royal Premium or Royal Award, an annual cash prize. In 1836, the society with agreement from King William IV, decided to allocate half of the premium to a 'Gold Medal'. This would be awarded by the Sovereign, on the advice of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne before the first gold medal, which was designed in coordination with King William IV, was awarded. Queen Victoria announced her intention of continuing the grant commenced by her uncle. The council ultimately decided to divide the grant into two gold medals of equal standing; the Founder's Medal in memory of the founding patron King William IV and the
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146:. The obverse side has a portrait of William IV. The reverse side shows a figure of Britannia, wearing a helmet and standing by a sextant and globe. She is holding a wreath in her outstretched right hand and a map in the left. The name of the recipient is engraved on the edge of the medal. The medal was struck in gold until 1974. From 1975 onwards it has been struck in
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with a set of surveying instruments (containing a sextant and stand, artificial horizon, watch, thermometers and measuring tapes). Awarding a prize funded by the annual royal grant that was not a medal recognized the valuable work of the recipient while concurrently indicating "the service had not
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been of sufficient importance to justify the award of a gold medal, the highest award at the disposal of the society." In 1913, the Patron's Medal was awarded but instead of awarding a
Founder's Medal the council presented an engraved casket to
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For tracing the hitherto unexplored coast to the west between Return Reef and point Barrow, in 1837; and during the past year has discovered 90 miles of coast eastward from Point
Turnagain of Franklin, on the northern shore of America.
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While generally awarded annually, the
Founder's Medal was not awarded in the years 1850, 1851, 1855, 1913, 1943 and 1944. In 1850, the Patron's Medal was awarded but instead of awarding a Founder's Medal the council presented
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For his important services as a Writer and
Cartographer and Science, and for his well-known publication the Geographische Mitteilungen which for twelve years has greatly aided the process of Geography.
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From its foundation, the society received an annual grant from the
Sovereign of the United Kingdom for awards with royal approval. The medal originated from an annual donation starting in 1831 of 50
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The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with
Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works
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For designing and carrying out the
Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology
591:
For explorations in
Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E
1526:
In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the
Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service
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1969:
The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of
Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes
3137:
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For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained
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1265:
1927:
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For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale
930:
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For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent
1101:
Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies
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For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years
3648:
1827:
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For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke to the great lakes in Eastern Africa
430:
l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.
419:
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813:
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat
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for 'his journey to the great lake of Ngami'. In 1851, the council awarded no gold medals and instead awarded 25 guinea prizes to each of
641:
For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh
4882:
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1852:
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For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram
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In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia
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For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman
580:
107:
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2885:
For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning
1047:
666:
For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic
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For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922
262:
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For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt
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For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration
2052:
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For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia
1290:
506:
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For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions
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For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition
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zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy
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For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land
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For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza
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For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic
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Leader, the RGS’s Musandam Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region
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For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin
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For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed
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For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes
1719:
For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives
1007:
For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus
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For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy
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For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana
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For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching
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For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science
2169:
For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results
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175:. In 1855, the Patron's Medal was awarded but instead of awarding a Founder's Medal the council presented
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For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty
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For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert
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For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet
1833:
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For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger
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Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration
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For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition
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For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean
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For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography
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Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)
1498:
English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border
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For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin
185:
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For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change
3998:
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For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology
841:
For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband
555:
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For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare
1084:
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For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50
2274:
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For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet
31:
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For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.
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1952:
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774:
329:
For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River
164:
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127:
110:, to individuals for "the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery".
3477:
For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation
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For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates
354:
For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru
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1977:
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For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery
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For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers
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British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)
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For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933
1683:
1226:
For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika
1021:
966:
For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range
680:
150:. Exceptionally, on account of wars, the medals of 1918−21 and 1940 were struck in bronze.
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For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change
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For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work
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containing the Patron's Medal and the Special Antarctic Medal awarded to her late husband
123:
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British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman (1909-1989)
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For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition
4335:
For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography
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For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla
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For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf
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For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology
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For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa
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For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa
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For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet
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English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer
996:
4897:
4708:
3984:
For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues
3943:
For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy
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British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)
1577:
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599:
139:
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For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic
2810:
For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East
1883:
1090:
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For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa
3917:
3666:
3594:
3113:
3044:
2934:
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2735:
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For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali
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2027:
1958:
1744:
For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia
1583:
1351:
For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country
1165:
438:
312:
244:
147:
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For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology
3754:
3269:
3094:
2033:
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1326:
For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega
1055:
Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)
830:
487:
462:
293:
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For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory
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2784:
1983:
1894:
In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus
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1552:
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955:
530:
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4136:
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2325:
British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)
2133:
1916:
British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)
1658:
1440:
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1134:
343:
130:
with the image of Queen Victoria as the active royal patron of the society.
4647:
4519:
4455:
Cumming, Duncan (July 1977), "Royalty and the Royal Geographical Society",
4183:
For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography
3069:
2849:
2367:
1808:
1758:
766:
For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia
2874:
2328:
For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition
2183:
2058:
1076:
For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe
188:. No awards were made in 1943 or 1944 on account of the Second World War.
3012:
For services in the development of geographical research and exploration
2951:
For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia
1591:
Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)
4532:"At the Annual General Meeting, May 27, 1839: Report from the Council",
3672:
2664:
2241:
English writer, traveller, political officer, archaeologist (1868-1926)
1644:
In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa
730:
318:
4688:
4622:
4596:
4545:
4494:
4079:
For international leadership of research on climate and climate change
2375:رئيس الديوان الملكي سابقاً Egyptian politician and geographic explorer
1858:
1733:
1115:
119:
3105:
For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus
2675:
For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition
2310:
For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean
2019:
For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile
1140:
705:
48:
the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery
4468:
4242:
For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities
3303:
For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso
3280:
For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso
2489:
For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people
1594:
For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition
941:
For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke
855:
138:
The medal, like the Patron's Medal, is a gold medallion designed by
3257:
For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands
1465:
448:
For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy
99:
4675:"Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1912-1913",
4481:"At the General Meeting, May 16, 1836: Report from the Council",
4353:
For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology
2094:
For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia
1919:
For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa
351:
English Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy and scientist (1805–1865)
3171:
For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)
2901:
For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt
4717:
4267:
For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography
4104:
For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology
4076:
British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)
3221:
For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa
3193:
French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba
2166:
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)
1741:
Russian geographer, art collector and statistician (1827-1914)
1276:
For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China
4310:
For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding
3799:
For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.
2835:
For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work
2706:
Ingrams , Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller
2016:
British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)
1501:
For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan
4382:
4323:
4280:
4255:
4230:
4165:
For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography
4135:
4092:
3997:
3972:
3881:
3753:
3712:
3671:
3647:
3623:
3599:
3490:
3465:
3422:
3391:
For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration
3291:
3268:
3209:
3184:
3159:
3136:
3093:
3068:
3043:
2982:
2939:
2914:
2873:
2848:
2823:
2783:
2758:
2663:
2588:
2563:
2538:
2477:
2434:
2391:
2366:
2341:
2298:
2273:
2232:
2207:
2182:
2157:
2132:
2107:
2082:
2057:
2032:
2007:
1982:
1957:
1932:
1907:
1882:
1857:
1832:
1807:
1782:
1757:
1732:
1707:
1682:
1657:
1632:
1607:
1582:
1557:
1514:
1489:
1464:
1439:
1414:
1389:
1364:
1339:
1314:
1289:
1264:
1239:
1214:
1189:
1164:
1139:
1114:
1089:
1046:
1020:
995:
954:
929:
913:
English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)
904:
879:
854:
829:
804:
779:
754:
729:
704:
679:
654:
629:
604:
579:
554:
529:
486:
461:
418:
392:
367:
342:
317:
292:
267:
224:
2991:
British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)
1669:
For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east
3566:
mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)
3055:
For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas
566:
For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia
4662:
The Last Great Quest: Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice
1691:
Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist
1398:
British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)
304:
For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia
301:
Explorer, political officer in British India (1805-1841)
3080:
For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research
2688:
surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)
1944:
For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen
1716:
British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)
1298:
Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)
495:
British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)
4640:
The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society
4512:
The Fifty Years' Work of the Royal Geographical Society
2898:
director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan
1641:
British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist
1273:
German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)
984:
For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet
716:
For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean
688:
English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist
4009:
For contributions to geographical information science
3981:
Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)
2194:
For his contributions to the mapping of South America
1248:
British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)
2464:
For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya
1794:
For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger
4861:
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
2770:
For her travels in the East and her account of them
4870:
4845:
4774:
4751:
4611:
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
4585:
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
4534:
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
4483:
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
4433:
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
2353:For exploration and research in the Arctic regions
2191:British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist
1994:For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes
713:English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)
84:
76:
68:
60:
52:
44:
24:
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4446:
4119:Geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)
3815:For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.
3721:town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)
2795:For his contributions to the geology of the North
3355:For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys
1816:British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)
963:English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)
916:For successful explorations in Western Australia
4217:For the development and promotion of glaciology
3680:British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)
1991:Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)
2994:Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition
2260:For his geographical work on the Western Front
738:American explorer and military medical officer
470:British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)
276:Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer
3842:Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook
3370:British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)
2792:Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)
2727:For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut
2709:For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut
1869:For persistent attention to African Geography
1819:For exploring and survey work in Central Asia
938:Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)
4729:
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4043:For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology
3373:For oceanographical research and exploration
2285:For his two journeys in South Central Arabia
1769:For important exploring work in Central Asia
1401:For eminent services to scientific Geography
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4006:professor of geographic information science
3583:British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)
3254:English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)
2066:English geologist, topographer and surveyor
2041:Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)
1928:Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
1426:For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi
1376:For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara
3940:geographer at the University of Manchester
3474:polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)
1866:British colonial administrator (1858-1945)
1541:British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)
1373:German explorer of Central and West Africa
4736:
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4196:geographer at the University of Cambridge
4122:For contributions to historical geography
3518:For services to the science of map-making
1173:German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)
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4919:1831 establishments in the United Kingdom
1473:American army officer and polar explorer
981:Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)
4642:, London: London J. Murray, p. 62,
4514:, London: London J. Murray, p. 60,
3196:For underwater exploration and research
2969:For explorations in the Canadian Arctic
1828:Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
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3148:For Antarctic exploration and research
3145:Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer
3123:For Antarctic exploration and research
2631:surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt
1891:British lawyer, mountaineer and author
788:British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)
445:British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)
326:British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)
4664:, Oxford University Press, p. 139
2724:British colonial official (1897-1973)
863:British military officer and explorer
791:For discoveries in the Arctic Regions
516:For valuable researches in Asia Minor
4391:British industrialist and adventurer
3796:British mathematician and geographer
3449:British archaeologist and geographer
3334:naval officer and Antarctic explorer
3218:British archaeologist and naturalist
2418:British army officer and mountaineer
1566:German colonial governor (1840-1892)
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4924:Awards of Royal Geographical Society
4591:, london: John Murray: lxxxi, 1866,
3321:For Arctic exploration and research
2378:For his journey to Kufra and Darfur
4609:"Presentation of the Royal Award",
4366:speleologist & mining engineer
3833:for contribution to geomorphology.
3656:British broadcaster and naturalist
3352:British polar explorer (1934-2007)
3236:geologist and explorer (1923–2016)
2350:Danish explorer and anthropologist
2307:Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)
2219:For explorations in Asiatic Turkey
1185:Carl Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Weyprecht
613:White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)
4307:British explorer and TV presenter
3868:for contributions to oceanography
3120:Australian scientist and explorer
2767:British travel writer (1893-1993)
2618:For journeys in the Libyan Desert
2216:British archaeologist (1862-1927)
1853:Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
1126:For eminent services to Geography
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4180:Scottish linguist and geographer
3277:Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)
2832:British Army officer (1898-1968)
2615:British Army officer (1896-1990)
2486:British Army general (1895-1978)
2257:British cartographer (1873-1951)
1423:Rhodesian politician (1848-1914)
541:For his exploration in Abyssinia
3956:American geographer (1947-2019)
2672:Australian explorer (1905–1968)
2141:German geologist and geographer
1448:Scottish geologist and explorer
1029:German cartographer (1822-1878)
763:Australian explorer (1819-1905)
588:Australian explorer (1795-1869)
414:Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet
144:Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint
3890:British historical demographer
3812:British geographer (1938–2020)
3551:British geographer (1915-2014)
3388:Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)
2882:British geographer (1898-1966)
2597:British colonial administrator
2575:For work in Polar explorations
2473:Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell
1966:French naturalist and explorer
1941:British politician (1856-1937)
1523:British geographer (1830-1916)
1176:For his explorations in Africa
1085:Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet
638:British politician (1817–1894)
427:British politician (1810-1895)
108:Sovereign of the United Kingdom
56:Sovereign of the United Kingdom
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4812:Cherry Kearton Medal and Award
4704:Boyd Alexander Founder's Medal
4583:"Royal Geographical Society",
4431:"Royal Geographical Society",
4264:economic and urban geographer
4144:geographer and science writer
4040:British geologist (1937-2006)
3406:British geologist (1904-1996)
3318:British geologist (1917-2003)
3077:American explorer (1908-1968)
1198:Austrian explorer (1838-1881)
663:Scottish explorer (1813-1893)
563:Polish explorer and geologist
513:British geologist (1805-1867)
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2857:British explorer (1910-2003)
2742:British intelligence officer
2504:British botanist (1885-1958)
2461:British explorer (1875-1964)
2053:Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
1148:British explorer (1844-1897)
1004:Russian admiral and explorer
251:English mariner and explorer
4709:James Hector Founder's Medal
4567:, British Numismatic Society
3907:economic geographer (1948-)
3102:United States naval officer
1791:French explorer (1856-1936)
3168:United States Navy captain
2522:Civil servant and explorer
1728:Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
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104:Royal Geographical Society
72:Royal Geographical Society
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3510:Reginald Llewellyn Brown
3300:Brazilian anthropologist
2966:glaciologist (1912-1984)
2683:Arthur Mortimer Champion
2400:British mountain climber
2116:British poet (1843-1926)
1160:Georg August Schweinfurth
1016:August Heinrich Petermann
950:Thomas George Montgomerie
401:Scottish arctic explorer
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4617:, London: lxviii, 1855,
4457:The Geographical Journal
3691:Anthony Seymour Laughton
2572:Scottish polar explorer
2547:British Arctic explorer
1410:Archibald Ross Colquhoun
1335:Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
1260:Ferdinand von Richthofen
750:Augustus Charles Gregory
102:awarded annually by the
3993:Michael Frank Goodchild
3732:Monica Kristensen Solås
3499:geographer (1918-2015)
3248:Edred John Henry Corner
3021:John Schjelderup Giæver
2387:Charles Granville Bruce
2103:Charles Montagu Doughty
1223:traveller from England
1042:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
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3545:William Richard Mead
3461:Brian Birley Roberts
3431:British mountaineer
3288:Orlando Villas Bôas
3265:Cláudio Villas-Bôas
3009:American geographer
3003:John Kirtland Wright
2754:Freya Madeline Stark
2455:Tom George Longstaff
2203:David George Hogarth
1778:Louis Gustave Binger
1535:Arthur Douglas Carey
1385:Joseph Dalton Hooker
925:James Augustus Grant
888:Australian explorer
220:Richard Lemon Lander
4878:African Association
4807:Gill Memorial Award
4802:Cuthbert Peek Award
4636:Markham, Clements R
4508:Markham, Clements R
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4402:Andrew W. Mitchell
4058:British geographer
4034:Nicholas Shackleton
3924:British geographer
3830:British geographer
3824:Ronald Urwick Cooke
3807:Kenneth J. Gregory
3779:British geographer
3738:Norwegian explorer
2609:Ralph Alger Bagnold
2443:British geographer
2412:Edward Felix Norton
2319:Charles Howard-Bury
1285:Nikolay Przhevalsky
875:Robert O'Hara Burke
700:William Henry Smyth
625:Austen Henry Layard
538:British geographer
186:Robert Falcon Scott
169:Georg August Wallin
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3027:Norwegian writer
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2923:British explorer
2626:George W. Murray
2091:Russian explorer
1953:Alfred Grandidier
1841:Italian explorer
1703:William MacGregor
1073:British explorer
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2559:James Wordie
2534:Gino Watkins
2078:Pyotr Kozlov
1578:James Hector
1235:George Nares
600:James Brooke
208:Description
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69:Presented by
53:Sponsored by
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4350:geographer
3918:Mike Kirkby
3790:Alan Wilson
3667:Tim Severin
3595:Peter Scott
3533:geographer
3114:Phillip Law
2935:Bill Tilman
2736:Pat Clayton
2659:John Rymill
2028:Aurel Stein
1678:John Murray
439:Henry Raper
313:George Back
245:John Biscoe
148:silver-gilt
45:Awarded for
4913:Categories
4832:Ness Award
4797:Busk Medal
4792:Back Award
4759:Fellowship
4752:Membership
4463:(2): 171,
4419:References
4407:zoologist
3859:John Woods
3708:Peter Hall
3230:Fred Roots
3064:Paul Siple
1753:Sven Hedin
1553:Emin Pasha
1110:Henry Yule
114:Foundation
4301:Paul Rose
1135:Ney Elias
263:John Ross
4638:(1881),
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