Livingstone Medal
The Livingstone Medal is awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in recognition of outstanding public service in which geography has played an important part. [1]
Named after the African explorer David Livingstone it was endowed in 1901 by his daughter, Agnes Livingstone Bruce. Designed by the sculptor James Pittendrigh MacGillivray, it has a portrait of Livingstone on the front and a depiction of the Spirit of Civilisation on the reverse. [2]
Recipients
Source: RSGS
- 2016 Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow [3]
- 2015 Annie Lennox [4]
- 2012 Mary Robinson [5]
- 2009 Rory Stewart[6]
- 2008 Michael Palin [7]
- 2006 The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
- 2004 HRH The Princess Royal
- 2002 Christopher Brasher CBE
- 2001 Robert D Ballard [8]
- 2000 The Rt Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
- 1998 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
- 1997 David Hempleman-Adams [9]
- 1996 HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku
- 1995 Médecins Sans Frontières
- 1994 Dr Richard Leakey
- 1993 Sir Martin Holdgate
- 1992 Sir Steven Runciman
- 1991 Sir Chris Bonington
- 1989 David Attenborough
- 1988 Tim Severin
- 1982 Sir Ranulph T-W Fiennes
- 1981 Dr David R Stoddart
- 1978 Professor Ronald R E W Peel [10]
- 1975 The 1975 British Everest Expedition
- 1974 Lt-Col John Blashford-Snell [11]
- 1971 Neil Armstrong
- 1967 Sir Francis Chichester
- 1966 Paul-Emile Victor
- 1964 Professor Eduard Imhof
- 1962 Wilfred P Thesiger
- 1961 Professor André Allix, University of Lyons
- 1956 Sir John Bagot Glubb KCB CMG DSO OBE MC
- 1955 Sir Robert Charles Evans FRCS
- 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary KBE
- 1953 Sir John Hunt Kt CBE DSO
- 1951 Eric Shipton
- 1950 Professor Alan G Ogilvie OBE
- 1947 Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
- 1944 Major N E Odell
- 1943 Miss Eva French
- 1943 Miss Francesca French
- 1943 Miss Mildred Cable
- 1939 The Rt Hon Lord Hailey KCSI KCIE
- 1936 Frank Kingdon-Ward
- 1932 Bertram Thomas
- 1931 Sir Hubert Wilkins [2]
- 1930 Sir Wilfred Grenfell
- 1928 Sir Alan Cobham KBE
- 1927 Dr Isaiah Bowman
- 1926 The Rt Hon Viscount Allenby GCB GCMG
- 1925 Captain Roald Amundsen
- 1924 Dr Marion I Newbigin
- 1921 Colonel Frederick M Bailey CIE
- 1916 Douglas W Freshfield
- 1915 Lord Kitchener of Khartoum
- 1913 Captain Evans CB RN
- 1912 Captain Roald Amundsen
- 1910 Sir John Murray KCB
- 1909 Sir Ernest H Shackleton CVO FRSGS
- 1908 The Rt Hon Lord Avebury PC DCL LLD
- 1907 The Rt Hon Viscount Milner PC GCB GCMG
- 1906 The Rt Hon Sir George D Taubman Goldie PC KCMG
- 1905 Sir Archibald Geikie LLD
- 1904 Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN
- 1903 Commander Robert E Peary USN
- 1902 Dr Sven Hedin
- 1901 Sir Harry H Johnston GCMG KCB
See also
References
- ↑ "Livingstone Medal". Royal Scottish geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Explorers of the RSGS". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/RoyalScottishGeographicalSociety/
- ↑ "Annie Lennox awarded prestigious Livingstone Medal". UNAIDS. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ "Mary Robinson Awarded Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Livingstone Medal". Royal Scottish geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Livingstone Medal honour for Crieff man Rory Stewart". The Courier.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Palin talk marks 100 years of Geography at University of Edinburgh" (PDF). Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Dr Robert D Ballard (b 1942)". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "HONORS-The Centennial Explorers Club Annual Dinner Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York City". Explorer's Club. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "Diary of Libyan Desert expedition". Janus. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "John Blashford-Snell". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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