Scottish Geographical Medal

The Scottish Geographical Medal is the highest accolade awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. It is presented for conspicuous merit and performance of world-wide repute. First awarded in 1890 as the Gold Medal, it has been known as the Scottish Geographical Medal since 1933. ^[1]

Recipients of the Scottish Geographical Medal (1933 – )

Source: RSGS

• 2022 Iain Stewart
• 2021 Roger Crofts
• 2016 Dr Rita Gardner CBE
• 2015 Dr Frederik Paulsen
• 2012 Sir David Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE
• 2011 Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS
• 2008 Professor Nigel Thrift
• 2006 Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB
• 2004 Professor David Lowenthal
• 2003 Professor Robert A Dodgshon
• 2002 Professor Sir Ron Cooke DSc
• 2001 The American Geographical Society
• 2000 Professor Kenneth J. Gregory
• 1999 Professor Colin Clarke
• 1998 Professor J Terence Coppock CBE
• 1997 Professor Eckart Ehlers  [ de ]
• 1996 Gilbert M Grosvenor
• 1995 Professor Herman Th Verstappen
• 1994 Dr Denis St-Onge
• 1993 Professor Peter Haggett
• 1992 The Sierra Club, USA
• 1989 The Rt Hon The Lord Shackleton of Burley
• 1988 Professor Stig Jaatinen  [ fi ]
• 1984 Professor J Wreford Watson
• 1972 George E R Deacon CBE FRS DSc
• 1969 Professor James Alfred Steers
• 1964 Professor Laurence Dudley Stamp CBE DSc LLD
• 1958 Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs PhD
• 1954 Dr John Bartholomew MC JP FRSGS
• 1945 Professor Herbert John Fleure DSc
• 1944 James M Wordie
• 1933 The Baron Meston of Agra and Dunottar KCSI LLD

Recipients of the Gold Medal (1890 – 1927)

Source: RSGS

• 1927 John Mathieson FRSE FRSGS
• 1924 Dr Hugh Robert Mill DSc
• 1923 Professor John W Gregory FRS
• 1919 Rt Hon Field-Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde KT KCB
• 1915 Dr J Scott Keltie Kt LLD
• 1913 Professor Albrecht Penck
• 1912 Captain Roald Amundsen
• 1911 James Young Buchanan FRS
• 1910 Professor James Geikie DCL LLD FRS
• 1908 Dr Sven Anders Hedin
• 1906 HSH Albert, First Prince of Monaco
• 1905 Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE
• 1904 Dr William Speirs Bruce
• 1897 Dr Fridtjof Nansen
• 1890 Henry Morton Stanley MP

See also

• List of geography awards

References

1. "Scottish Geographical Medal". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 8 May 2020.