Victoria Medal (geography)

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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, in honour of the late Queen Victoria. [1] Up until then, the society's Patron's Medal had alternatively been known as the "Victoria Medal", and the new medal resembled its original design. [1]

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Past recipients

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Royal Geographical Society's page of links to lists of past recipients.

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