Victoria Medal (geography)
Encyclopedia
The Victoria Medal is an award presented by the Royal Geographical Society
. It is awarded "for conspicuous merit in research in geography
" and has been given since 1902.
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...
. It is awarded "for conspicuous merit in research in geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
" and has been given since 1902.
Past recipients
- 2009: Professor Philip Rees, for research on population geography and demography
- 2008: Professor Linda McDowell, for research in socio-economic and feminist geography
- 2007: Professor Peter Jackson, for research on social geography
- 2006: Professor Jim Rose, for contributions to quaternary research
- 2005: Professor Ray Hudson, for research on regional and industrial change in the UK and wider Europe
- 2004: Professor Michael WattsMichael WattsMichael J. Watts is "Class of 1963" Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left. An intensively productive scholar, he works on a variety of themes from African development to contemporary...
, for research on political economy, culture and power - 2003: Professor Nigel ThriftNigel ThriftNigel John Thrift is the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Warwick and a leading academic in the field of human geography.-Early life and career:...
- 2002: Professor Angela Gurnell
- 2001: Professor Peter DickenPeter DickenPeter Dicken is a geographer, notable for his contributions to research into globalization, especially in his book Global Shift, which has sold many tens of thousand of copies. Global Shift is also known as the 'Globalization Bible' because of its factual and encyclopedic nature...
- 2000: Professor Des Walling
- 1998: Professor Ian Simmons
- 1996: Professor Ronald Abler, for his contribution to human geography and enhancement of links between British and American geography
- 1995: Dr Helen WallisHelen WallisHelen Margaret Wallis was the Map Curator of the British Library from 1967 to 1987.-Biography:Born in Barnet, Wallis attended St Paul's School for Girls and studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she completed her D.Phil degree in 1954.In 1951, she was appointed assistant to R.A...
- 1994: Professor Doreen MasseyDoreen Massey (geographer)Doreen Barbara Massey FRSA FBA AcSS , is a contemporary British social scientist and geographer, working among others on topics typical of marxist geography...
- 1992: Professor John Goddard
- 1990: Professor Ron J. JohnstonRon J. JohnstonRonald John Johnston, OBE, AcSS, FBA is a British human geographer, noted for elaborating his discipline's foundations, particularly its history and nature, and for his contributions to urban social geography and electoral geography...
- 1989: Professor David Simonett
- 1988: Professor Brian BerryBrian BerryBrian Joe Lobley Berry is a British-American human geographer. He is Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas...
- 1987: Professor Emeritus Chauncy HarrisChauncy HarrisChauncy Dennison Harris was a pioneer of modern geography. His seminal works in the field of American urban geography along with his work on the Soviet Union during and after the Cold War era established him as one of the world's foremost urban geographers...
- 1986: Professor Ren Mei'eRen Mei'eRen Mei'e , was a famous Chinese geomorphologist, geologist, marine and coastal scientist, educator and professor, who was the main founder for the study of many related subjects in modern China.-Biography:Ren was born in Zhenhai County , Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in 8 Sep 1913.In 1934 Ren...
- 1984: Professor Richard HartshorneRichard HartshorneRichard Hartshorne was a prominent American geographer. He completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University and his doctorate at the University of Chicago , then taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin , with war-time interruption to...
- 1980: Professor Jean Gottman
- 1979: Professor Torsten HägerstrandTorsten HägerstrandTorsten Hägerstrand , was a Swedish geographer. He is known for his work on migration, cultural diffusion and time geography....
- 1975: Professor Emeritus C.O.SauerCarl O. SauerCarl Ortwin Sauer was an American geographer. Sauer was a professor of geography at the University of California at Berkeley from 1923 until becoming professor emeritus in 1957 and was instrumental in the early development of the geography graduate school at Berkeley. One of his best known works...
- 1973: Professor E.Estyn EvansEmyr Estyn EvansEmyr Estyn Evans ,often referred to simply as E. E. Evans, was a Northern Irish geographer and archaeologist, whose primary field of interest was the Irish neolithic...
- 1970: Dr Raleigh Ashlin SkeltonRaleigh Ashlin SkeltonRaleigh Ashlin Skelton is best known for his work on the history of cartography and particularly his attempts to prove the authenticity of the Vinland map....
- 1963: Professor H.C.Darby
- 1962: Professor Carl TrollCarl TrollCarl Troll , was a German geographer, brother of botanist Wilhelm Troll.From 1919 until 1922 Troll studied amongst other biology, chemistry, geology, geography and physics at the Universität in München. In 1921 he obtained his doctorate in botany and in 1925 his habilitation in geography...
- 1957: Professor S.W.WooldridgeSidney William WooldridgeProfessor Sidney William Wooldridge CBE, FRS, FGS , geologist, geomorphologist and geographer, was a pioneer in the study of the geomorphology of south-east England and the first professor of geography at King's College London...
- 1948: Professor Frank DebenhamFrank DebenhamFrank Debenham, OBE was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.-Biography:...
- 1946: Professor H.J.FleureHerbert John FleureHerbert John Fleure FRS , was a zoologist and geographer. He was secretary of the Geographical Association, editor of Geography, and President of the Cambrian Archaeological Association.-Early years:...
, for distinguished service in the advancement of geographical education and valuable researches into the human aspects of geography - 1938: Arthur HinksArthur Robert HinksArthur Robert Hinks, CBE, FRS was a British astronomer and geographer..As an astronomer, he is best known for his work in determining the distance from the Sun to the Earth from 1900–1909: for this achievement, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and was elected a...
- 1917: John KeltieJohn Scott KeltieSir John Scott Keltie F.R.G.S., F.S.S was a Scottish geographer, best known for his work with the Royal Geographic Society.Keltie was born in Dundee, and attended school in Perth...
s:The Times/1927/Obituary/John Scott Keltie - 1905: John George BartholomewJohn George BartholomewJohn George Bartholomew FRSE was a British cartographer and geographer. As a holder of a royal warrant, he used the title "Cartographer to the King"; for this reason he was sometimes known by the epithet "the Prince of Cartography".Bartholomew's longest lasting legacy is arguably naming the...
- c1903: Sven HedinSven HedinSven Anders Hedin KNO1kl RVO was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, and travel writer, as well as an illustrator of his own works...
- 1869: Mary SomervilleMary SomervilleMary Fairfax Somerville was a Scottish science writer and polymath, at a time when women's participation in science was discouraged...