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Scottish Geographical Medal
Highest accolade of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Scottish Geographical Medal is the highest accolade awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. It is presented for conspicuous merit and performance of world-wide repute. First awarded in 1890 as the Gold Medal, it has been known as the Scottish Geographical Medal since 1933. [1]
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Recipients of the Scottish Geographical Medal (1933 – )
Source: RSGS
- 2022 Iain Stewart
- 2021 Roger Crofts
- 2016 Dr Rita Gardner CBE
- 2015 Dr Frederik Paulsen
- 2012 Sir David Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE
- 2011 Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS
- 2008 Professor Nigel Thrift
- 2006 Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB
- 2004 Professor David Lowenthal
- 2003 Professor Robert A Dodgshon
- 2002 Professor Sir Ron Cooke DSc
- 2001 The American Geographical Society
- 2000 Professor Kenneth J. Gregory
- 1999 Professor Colin Clarke
- 1998 Professor J Terence Coppock CBE
- 1997 Professor Eckart Ehlers
- 1996 Gilbert M Grosvenor
- 1995 Professor Herman Th Verstappen
- 1994 Dr Denis St-Onge
- 1993 Professor Peter Haggett
- 1992 The Sierra Club, USA
- 1989 The Rt Hon The Lord Shackleton of Burley
- 1988 Professor Stig Jaatinen
- 1984 Professor J Wreford Watson
- 1972 George E R Deacon CBE FRS DSc
- 1969 Professor James Alfred Steers
- 1964 Professor Laurence Dudley Stamp CBE DSc LLD
- 1958 Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs PhD
- 1954 Dr John Bartholomew MC JP FRSGS
- 1945 Professor Herbert John Fleure DSc
- 1944 James M Wordie
- 1933 The Baron Meston of Agra and Dunottar KCSI LLD
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Recipients of the Gold Medal (1890 – 1927)
Source: RSGS
- 1927 John Mathieson FRSE FRSGS
- 1924 Dr Hugh Robert Mill DSc
- 1923 Professor John W Gregory FRS
- 1919 Rt Hon Field-Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde KT KCB
- 1915 Dr J Scott Keltie Kt LLD
- 1913 Professor Albrecht Penck
- 1912 Captain Roald Amundsen
- 1911 James Young Buchanan FRS
- 1910 Professor James Geikie DCL LLD FRS
- 1908 Dr Sven Anders Hedin
- 1906 HSH Albert, First Prince of Monaco
- 1905 Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE
- 1904 Dr William Speirs Bruce
- 1897 Dr Fridtjof Nansen
- 1890 Henry Morton Stanley MP
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