Murchison Award

This article is about the Murchison Award of the Royal Geographical Society. This should not be confused with the Murchison Medal given by the Geological Society of London.

The Murchison Award was first given by the Royal Geographical Society in 1882 for publications judged to have contributed most to geographical science in preceding recent years.

Recipients

• 1895 Eivind Astrup^[1]
• 1898 Herbert Warrington Smyth
• 1920 Maria Czaplicka
• 1942 Sidney William Wooldridge and David Leslie Linton
• 1970 I R Bishop
• 1971 Professor J W House
• 1972 Professor Emeritus W Gordon East
• 1973 Professor W B Fisher
• 1974 Professor H H Lamb
• 1975 Professor Akin L Mabogunje
• 1976 Professor Emeritus W G Hoskins CBE FBA
• 1977 Mr Harold Fullard
• 1978 Professor Kenneth Walton
• 1979 Professor Eila Campbell
• 1980 Mr Clive Jermy
• 1981 Professor C Kidson
• 1982 Dr R J Bennett
• 1983 Professor Richard Lawton
• 1984 Professor Stanley Gregory
• 1985 Ron J. Johnston
• 1986 Mr David Bickmore
• 1987 Professor Monica Cole
• 1988 Dr. Roger Tomlinson
• 1989 Professor Emeritus Vernon Forbes
• 1990 Professor Jim Rose
• 1991 Mr Peter Clark
• 1992 Professor William Buttiker
• 1993 Professor Paul Claval
• 1994 Dr Andrew Warren
• 1995 Professor Frank Oldfield
• 1996 Professor Ronald A Dodgshon
• 1997 Professor Anne Buttimer
• 1998 Professor Susan Smith
• 1999 Professor Robert Woods
• 2000 Professor Felix Driver
• 2001 Ann Shirley
• 2002 Professor David Woodward
• 2003 Professor David Smith
• 2004 Dr Tom Spencer
• 2005 Dr Clive Oppenheimer
• 2006 Professor Tony Gatrell
• 2007 not awarded
• 2008 Professor Neil Wrigley
• 2009 Professor Jenny Robinson
• 2010 Professor Gerry Kearns
• 2011 Professor Stuart Elden

References

1. ^ Tom Bloch-Nakkerud: Eivind Astrup. En pionér blant Nordpolens naboer, 2011, Bastion Forlag, ISBN 978-82-90583-05-2, page 178

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