Murchison Award

The Murchison Award, also referred to as the Murchison Grant, 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

Source (1882–1982): British Museum
Source (1970 onwards) Royal Geographical Society

1882 Rev Thomas Wakefield
1883 Rev William Deans Cowan, missionary, for journeys in Madagascar
1884 William Watts McNair^[1]
1885 Pandit Krishna
1886 Frank and Alexander Jardine, for overland expedition from Rockhampton to Cape York, Australia
1887 George Bourne
1888 J. McCarthy, for his map of Siam
1889 F.S. Arnott, for giving a suitable present to the chief Chitambo, of Ilala, for his services to Dr. Livingstone
1890 Vittorio Sella
1891 William Ogilvie
1892 Robert M.W. Swan (1858-1904)^[2] for his work at Great Zimbabwe with James Theodore Bent
1893 R.W. Senior, Indian Survey, for his work in the Kulu and Lahaul ranges of the Punjab Himalayas
1894 Capt. Joseph Wiggins, for his work in opening Kara Sea route to Siberia
1895 Eivind Astrup^[3]
1896 Sir Henry Thuillier
1897 Lieut. Seymour Vandeleur, for his journeys in Somaliland, Uganda, Unyoro, the Upper Nile, and the Niger region
1898 Herbert Warrington Smyth, for his several important journeys in Siam.
1899 Albert Armitage,^[4] for his valuable scientific observations in the Arctic
1900 Dr Henry Arctowski, for his oceanographical and meteorological work on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
1901 John Coles, for his services to geography and the society as Map Curator
1902 John Stanley Gardiner^[5]
1903 Capt. Gunnar Isachsen
1904 Capt. William Colbeck, for his services to the Society while in command of the relief expeditions.
1905 William Wallace, for his services when he served as an official in Northern Nigeria.
1906 Maj. Henry Rodolph Davies, for his explorations in the Kachin Hills, the Shan States, Yunnan, Sechuan, and Siam
1907 Capt. G.E. Smith, for his surveys in British East Africa.
1908 Col. Delmé-Radcliffe, for his work in the Nile province of Uganda
1909 Capt. Cecil Godfrey Rawling, for survey and exploration in Tibet.
1910 Dr. Karl Skottsberg, for his work in the Magellan Straits
1911 Sir Wilfred Grenfell, for his work in Labrador.
1912 Capt. William Campbell Macfie, for his work on the Uganda Topographical Survey
1913 Maj. Hugh Drummond Pearson, for his surveys in the Sudan.
1914 Cmdr. Harry Lewin Lee Pennell, for his services to Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
1915 Capt. John King Davis, for his work on the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14
1916 Lieut-Col. Whitlock
1917 Rai Bahadur Lal Singh
1918 C.A. Reid
1919 Dr. W.M. Strong, for his journeys in New Guinea
1920 Maria Czaplicka
1921 Cmdnt. J. Maury, for his surveys in the Belgian Congo
1922 Charles Camsell, for explorations and surveys in northern Canada
1923 Capt. A.G. Stigand, for his map of Ngamiland
1924 J.H. Reynolds
1925 Eric Teichman
1926 Frank Debenham
1927 Capt. C.J. Morris, for his explorations on Mr. H. F. Montagnier’s expedition to Hunza.
1928 John Mathieson
1929 C.S. Elton
1930 Col. H. Wood, R.E.
1931 L.M. Nesbitt "for his journey through the Danakil country of Abyssinia"
1932 Dr. K.S. Sandford
1933 Dr. Noel Humphreys
1934 John Rymill
1935 R.P. Bishop, for his surveys in British Columbia
1936 Michael Leahy
1937 Martin Lindsay
1938 Ronald Kaufback
1939 Robert Bentham
1940 Peter Mott
1941 C.T. Madigan, for his explorations in Central Australia
1942 Sidney William Wooldridge and Flight-Lieut David Linton
1943-44 No award
1945 Lieut-Col W.E. Browne
1946 Lieut-Col Cecil Augustus Hart
1947 Gordon Manley
1948 Robert W. Steel
1949 Lieut-Col. E.H. Thompson, for original researches in the techniques of air survey
1950 Sgn-Cmdr Edward W. Bingham, R.N., for polar expeditions
1951 Dr. George Salt
1952 W.D.C. Wiggins, for contributions to cartography
1953 G.B. Stigant, for studies and mapping of the Japanese coasts
1954 Gerald R. Crone
1955 H.C.K Henderson, Birkbeck College
1956 Dr. Alice Garnett
1957 Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram for his zoological work at the Scott Polar Research Institute.
1958 Prof. E.G. Bowen, for studies in the geography of Wales
1959 Prof. S.P. Chatterjee, for his work in organising the national atlas of India
1960 Prof. James Wreford Watson
1961 Prof. Keith McPherson Buchanan
1962 Prof. S.H. Beaver
1963 Prof. Arthur Austin Miller
1964 Prof. Kenneth Charles Edwards
1965 Prof. John C. Swallow
1966 Prof. S.G. Davis
1967 Prof. Edmund William Gilbert
1968 C.T. Smith
1969 Prof. J.T. Coppock
1970 Iain R. Bishop
1971 Prof. J. W. House
1972 Prof. Emeritus William Gordon East
1973 Prof. William Bayne Fisher
1974 Prof. H. H. Lamb
1975 Prof. Akin L. Mabogunje
1976 Prof. Emeritus W. G. Hoskins CBE FBA
1977 Mr Harold Fullard
1978 Prof. Kenneth Walton
1979 Prof. Eila Campbell
1980 Mr. Clive Jermy
1981 Prof. C. Kidson
1982 Dr. Robert J. Bennett
1983 Prof.Richard Lawton
1984 Prof. Stanley Gregory
1985 Prof. Ron J. Johnston
1986 Mr David Bickmore
1987 Prof. Monica Cole
1988 Dr. Roger Tomlinson
1989 Prof. Emeritus Vernon S. Forbes
1990 Prof. Jim Rose
1991 Mr. Peter Clark
1992 Prof. William Buttiker
1993 Prof. Paul Claval
1994 Dr Andrew Warren
1995 Prof. Frank Oldfield
1996 Prof. Ronald A. Dodgshon
1997 Prof. Anne Buttimer
1998 Prof. Susan Smith
1999 Prof. Robert Woods
2000 Prof. Felix Driver
2001 Ann Savours Shirley
2002 Prof. David Woodward
2003 Prof. David Smith
2004 Dr. Tom Spencer
2005 Dr. Clive Oppenheimer
2006 Prof.Tony Gatrell
2007 not awarded
2008 Prof.Neil Wrigley
2009 Prof. Jenny Robinson
2010 Prof. Gerry Kearns
2011 Prof. Stuart Elden
2012 Prof. Gillian Rose
2013 Prof. Kelvyn Jones
2014 Prof. John Dearing
2015 Prof. Gill Valentine^[6]
2016 Prof. Parvati Raghuram
2017 Prof. Henry Wai-chung Yeung for “pioneering publications in the field of globalisation”.
2018 Mark Macklin, "for pioneering research in fluvial geomorphology and its environmental applications"
2019 Prof. Mark Birkin "for pioneering work on the development and application of urban analytics"^[7]
2020 Professor Peter Kraftl
2022 Professor David Hannah
2023 Professor Noel Castree^[8]

References

^ Waller, Derek. The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia. p. 281.
^ https://aim25.com/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=6569&inst_id=10 Archives in London and the M25 area. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ 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. No. 36716. London. 15 March 1902. p. 12.
^ "2015 Medals and Awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
^ "Medals and award recipients announced". Royal Geographical Society. 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "Royal Geographical Society - 2023 Awards". www.rgs.org.

External links

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[1] Waller, Derek. The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia. p. 281.

[2] ttps://aim25.com/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=6569&inst_id=10 Archives in London and the M25 area. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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

[4] Albert B. Armitage: Two years in the Antarctic. Edward Arnold, London, 1905, page 11.

[5] "Royal Geographical Society". The Times. No. 36716. London. 15 March 1902. p. 12.

[6] "2015 Medals and Awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[7] "Medals and award recipients announced". Royal Geographical Society. 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[8] "Royal Geographical Society - 2023 Awards". www.rgs.org.

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