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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 ...
Royal Geographical Society of Queensland; Royal Geographical Society of South Australia; Belgium. Société Royale Belge de Géographie; Canada
The American Geographical Society (AGS) is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City. Most fellows of the society are Americans , but among them have always been a significant number of fellows from around the world. [ 2 ]
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The locations outside of the United States are operated by Worldwide Retail Store S.L., a Spanish holding company. The Society's media arm is National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the Society, which publishes a journal, National Geographic in English and nearly 40 local-language editions. It also ...
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 award was instituted as the Royal Premium or Royal Award, an annual cash prize. [2] In 1836, the society with agreement from King William IV, decided to allocate half of the premium to a 'Gold Medal'. [3] This would be awarded by the Sovereign, on the advice of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society. [2]
Bowman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1916, [10] the American Philosophical Society in 1923, [11] and the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1930. [12] In 1941 he was awarded the British Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal for his travels in South America and his services to Geography. [13]