- Cullum Geographical Medal
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The Cullum Geographical Medal is one of the oldest awards of the American Geographical Society. It was established in the will of Major General George Washington Cullum (1809–92), the vice president of the Society, and is awarded "to those who distinguish themselves by geographical discoveries or in the advancement of geographical science". It was first awarded in 1896 to Robert E. Peary. The gold medal was designed by Lydia Field Emmet.
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Recipients
- 1896: Robert E. Peary
- 1897: Fridtjof Nansen
- 1899: Sir John Murray
- 1901: Thomas C. Mendenhall
- 1902: A. Donaldson Smith
- 1903: H.R.H. Duke of the Abruzzi
- 1904: Georg von Neumayer, Sven Hedin
- 1906: Robert Bell, Robert Falcon Scott
- 1908: William Morris Davis
- 1909: Francisco P. Moreno, Sir Ernest Shackleton
- 1910: Hermann Wagner
- 1911: Jean B. A. E. Charcot
- 1914: Sir John Scott Keltie, Ellen Churchill Semple
- 1917: George W. Goethals
- 1918: Frederick Haynes Newell
- 1919: Emmanuel de Margerie, Henry Fairfield Osborn
- 1921: Albert I, Prince of Monaco
- 1922: Edward A. Reeves
- 1924: Jovan Cvijić
- 1925: Lucien Gallois, Harvey C. Hayes, Pedro C. Sanchez
- 1929: Jean Brunhes, Alfred Hettner, Hugh Robert Mill, Jules de Schokalsky
- 1930: Curtis Fletcher Marbut
- 1931: Mark Jefferson
- 1932: Bertram Thomas
- 1935: Douglas Johnson
- 1938: Louise Arner Boyd
- 1939: Emmanuel de Martonne
- 1940: Robert Cushman Murphy
- 1943: Arthur Robert Hinks
- 1948: Hugh Hammond Bennett
- 1950: Hans W:son Ahlmann
- 1952: Roberto Almagia
- 1954: British Everest Expedition
- 1956: J. Russell Smith
- 1958: Charles Warren Thornthwaite
- 1959: Albert Paddock Crary
- 1961: William Maurice Ewing
- 1962: Richard Joel Russell
- 1963: Rachel Louise Carson
- 1964: John Leighly
- 1965: Kirtley Fletcher Mather
- 1967: Peter Haggett
- 1968: Luna B. Leopold
- 1969: Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins
- 1973: Bruce Heezen
- 1975: Rene Dubos
- 1985: Chauncy D. Harris
- 1987: F. Kenneth Hare, Yi-Fu Tuan
- 1989: M. Gordon Wolman
- 1997: Melvin G. Marcus
- 1999: Jack Dangermond, David Lowenthal
- 2001: Wilbur Zelinsky
- 2009: Peter Smith, Matthew Henson[1]
References
- The AGS Awards Program, American Geographical Society, http://www.amergeog.org/awards_program.htm, retrieved 2009-11-20.
- The Cullum Geographical Medal, American Geographical Society, http://www.amergeog.org/honorslist.pdf, retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ UD hosts American Geographical Society Awards April 15, University of Delaware, April 6, 2009, http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2009/apr/agsawards040609.html, retrieved 2009-11-20.
Further reading
- Wright, John Kirtland (1952), Geography in the making: the American Geographical Society, 1851–1951, New York: American Geographical Society.
External links
- (Photo) presentation of the Cullum medal to the head Lama of Thyangboche Monastery, Nepal, June 15, 1954 (from the collection of the American Geographical Society)
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