Concept

Médaille Victoria

Résumé

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. 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. Recipients include: 1902: Ernst Georg Ravenstein, for his efforts during 40 years to introduce scientific methods into the cartography of the United Kingdom 1903: Sven Hedin, for his exploration in Central Asia 1905: John George Bartholomew, for his efforts to raise the standard of cartography. 1906: W. M. Ramsay, for his investigation of the Ancient Geography of Asia Minor 1909: Alexander Agassiz, for thirty years' work in oceanographical exploration 1911: Henry George Lyons, Egyptian Survey. For his investigations of the River Nile and its basin 1912: George H. Darwin, for his investigations on tides and in geodesy. 1913: Sidney Gerald Burrard Indian Survey. For his distinguished contributions to geography and geodesy. 1915: Hugh Robert Mill 1917: John Keltie 1919: John Walter Gregory 1920: Harold St. John Loyd Winterbotham 1922: John F. Baddeley 1924: John Fillmore Hayford 1927: Charles Close 1928: Edward Ayearst Reeves 1930: Emmanuel de Margerie 1932: Arthur Philemon Coleman 1934: Edward Heawood 1935: Edward James Wayland 1936: Stanley Wells Kemp 1938: Arthur Robert Hinks 1940: O. G. S. Crawford 1941: Harold Jeffreys 1946: Herbert John Fleure, for distinguished service in the advancement of geographical education and valuable researches into the human aspects of geography 1947: Eva G. R. Taylor 1948: Frank Debenham 1950: Emmanuel de Martonne 1951: Charles Cotton 1953: John Myres 1955: Sir John Russell, for his studies of soils and agriculture 1957: Sidney William Wooldridge 1958: Roberto Almagià 1959: Gerald Seligman 1960: James Alfred Steers 1962: Carl Troll 1963: Henry Clifford Darby 1964: John Norman Leonard Baker 1966: Gerald Roe Crone 1967: Charles W.

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