Mungo Park Medal

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The Mungo Park Medal is awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in recognition of outstanding contributions to Geographical knowledge through exploration and/or research, and/or work of a practical nature of benefit to humanity in potentially hazardous physical and/or social environments. It was founded in honour of the Scottish explorer Mungo Park.

[edit] Winners

1930 Captain Angus Buchanan
1931 F.S. Smythe
1934 Isobel W. Hutchison FRSGS
1935 Freya Stark
1936 Lawrence R. Wager MA FGS, Lecturer in Geology, University of Reading
1939 Dr. E.B. Worthington MA PhD, for his share in the work of the African Research Survey
1944 Frank Fraser Darling
1948 F. Spencer Chapman, Mary G. Henry, Pennsylvania, USA
1950 Thor Heyerdahl
1952 W.H. Murray
1953 Count Eigil Knuth
1954 Dr. Alain Bombard
1955 George Christopher Band, Thomas Dempster Mackinnon
1961 Marjory Penham
1962 C.G. Malcolm Slesser
1969 Dr. Hugh Simpson and Myrtle Simpson
1975 Haroun Tazieff
1981 Professor Keith L. Miller
1987 John Ridgway
1988 Dr. John Hemming
1989 Christina Dodwell
1990 Charles Swithinbank
1991 Professor Andrew Goudie
1992 Nicholas Crane & Richard Crane
1993 Professor David Sugden
1994 Michael Buerk
1995 Nigel Winser & Shane Winser, RGS
1996 Michael Ashe
1997 Professor Chalmers M. Clapperton
1998 Julian Pettifer, journalist and broadcaster
1999 Kate Adie
2000 Colin Thubron
2001 Robin Hanbury-Tenison
2002 William Dalrymple
2003 John Simpson CBE, World Affairs Editor, BBC
2004 Norma and Maurice Joseph
2005 Professor Jean Malaurie
2006 John Hare