Murchison Award
This article is about the award given by the Royal Geographical Society. For the award given by the Geological Society of London, see Murchison Medal.
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
- 1899 Albert Armitage[2]
- 1902 John Stanley Gardiner[3]
- 1911 Sir Wilfred Grenfell
- 1920 Maria Czaplicka
- 1927 John Mathieson
- 1942 Sidney William Wooldridge
- 1943 David Leslie Linton
- 1956 James Wreford Watson
- 1970 I. R. Bishop
- 1971 Professor J. W. House
- 1972 Professor Emeritus William 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 Professor 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
- 2012 Professor Gillian Rose
- 2013 Professor Kelvyn Jones
- 2014 Professor John Dearing
References
- ↑ Tom Bloch-Nakkerud: Eivind Astrup. En pionér blant Nordpolens naboer, 2011, Bastion Forlag, ISBN 978-82-90583-05-2, page 178
- ↑ Albert B. Armitage: Two years in the Antarctic. Edward Arnold, London, 1905, page 11.
- ↑ "Royal Geographical Society" The Times (London). Saturday, 15 March 1902. (36716), p. 12.