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He was awarded the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) in 1994, [7] and was President of the RGS from 2000 to 2003. [8] In 2002, he received the Scottish Geographical Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. [9] He was knighted for services to higher education in the Queen's 2002 New Year's Honours list. [10]
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 Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture is a lecture series held annually in honour of English author and screenwriter Douglas Adams.The lecture has been held every year since 2003 in support of environmental charities, such as Save the Rhino International, with topics ranging from science to exploration, conservation and comedy.
Denis Edmund Cosgrove (3 May 1948 – 21 March 2008) was a British cultural geographer. He taught at Oxford Polytechnic, Loughborough University, Royal Holloway, University of London, where he rose to become dean of the graduate school, and finally at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Pages in category "Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 757 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
She was awarded the Busk Medal by the Royal Geographical Society in 1995. [4] In the 2003 New Year Honours, Gardner was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to geography". [5] She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), [2] and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). [3]
Among his first tasks was the relaunching of the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society as the Geographical Journal in 1893, in order to appeal to a wider audience. He was officially given the title of secretary in 1896. [2] Between 1914 and 1915, Keltie served as president of the Geographical Association, succeeded by the author Hilaire ...
Taylor was a recipient of the Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1947 and was made honorary fellow in 1965. She was one of the first Fellows of Birkbeck College, and an Honorary Member of the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) and of the Royal Institute of Navigation.