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The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences, the society has 16,000 [ 1 ] members, with its work reaching the public through publications ...
The Royal Geographical Society's Gold Medal consists of two separate awards: the Founder's Medal 1830 and the Patron's Medal 1838. Together they form the most prestigious of the society's awards. They are given for "the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery." Royal approval is required before an award can be made.
Royal Geographical Society of Queensland; Royal Geographical Society of South Australia; Belgium. Société Royale Belge de Géographie; Canada
1812–1863. Rank. Rear admiral. Wars. Napoleonic Wars. War of 1812. John Washington FRS FRGS (1 January 1800 – 16 September 1863) was an officer of the Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, and a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society of London. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
The Ness Award is an annual award of the Royal Geographical Society to travellers, particularly those who have successfully popularised Geography and the wider understanding of our world and its environments. [1] It was established in 1953 and named after Mrs Patrick Ness (1881–1962), an intrepid and well-to-do traveller throughout Africa and ...
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Nigel Richard Clifford (born June 1959) is the 40th Rector of Lincoln College, University of Oxford. [ 1 ] He is formerly president of the Royal Geographical Society, the deputy chair of the UK's Geospatial Commission, and operating executive for Marlin Equity Partners. [ 2 ][ 3 ] In July 2023, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, announced ...
Fawcett's father had been born in India, and he was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), while his elder brother, Edward Douglas Fawcett (1866–1960), was a mountain climber, an Eastern occultist, and the author of philosophical books and popular adventure novels. [4]