Livingstone Medal
TheLivingstone Medalis awarded by theRoyal Scottish Geographical Societyin recognition of outstanding service of a humanitarian nature with a clear geographical dimension. This was awarded first in 1901.[1]
Named after the African explorerDavid Livingstoneit was endowed in 1901 by his daughter, Agnes Livingstone Bruce. Designed by the sculptorJames Pittendrigh MacGillivray,it has a portrait of Livingstone on the front and a depiction of the Spirit of Civilisation on the reverse.[2]
Recipients[edit]
Source:RSGS
- 2020Ban Ki-moon
- 2018Josh LittlejohnMBE &Alice Thompson
- 2016Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow OBE[3]
- 2015Annie Lennox OBE[4]
- 2012Mary Robinson[5]
- 2009Rory Stewart OBE[6]
- 2008Michael Palin CBE[7]
- 2006The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme
- 2004HRH The Princess Royal
- 2002Christopher Brasher CBE
- 2001Dr Robert D Ballard[8]
- 2000The Rt Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey PC
- 1998HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KT
- 1997Sir David Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE
- 1996HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku
- 1995Médecins Sans Frontières
- 1994Dr Richard Leakey
- 1993Sir Martin Holdgate CB
- 1992Sir Steven Runciman CH
- 1991Sir Chris Bonington CVO CBE
- 1989Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS
- 1988Tim Severin
- 1982Sir Ranulph T-W Fiennes OBE
- 1981Dr David R Stoddart OBE
- 1978 Professor Ronald F E W Peel[9]
- 1975The 1975 British Everest Expedition
- 1974Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE[10]
- 1971Neil Armstrong
- 1969Sir Wally W Herbert
- 1967Sir Francis Chichester KBE
- 1966Paul-Emile Victor
- 1964Professor Eduard Imhof
- 1962Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger KBE DSO
- 1961 Professor André Allix
- 1956Sir John Bagot Glubb KCB CMG DSO OBE MC
- 1955Sir Robert Charles Evans FRCS
- 1953Sir Edmund Hillary KBE
- 1953Sir John Hunt KT CBE DSO
- 1951Eric Earle Shipton CBE
- 1950Professor Alan G Ogilvie OBE
- 1947Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
- 1944Major Noel Ewart Odell
- 1943Miss Eva French
- 1943Miss Francesca French
- 1943Miss Mildred Cable
- 1939The Rt Hon Lord Hailey KCSI KCIE
- 1936Frank Kingdon-Ward
- 1932Bertram Thomas OBE
- 1931Sir Hubert Wilkins MC
- 1930Sir Wilfred Grenfell KCMG
- 1928Sir Alan J Cobham KBE
- 1927Dr Isaiah Bowman
- 1926The Rt Hon Viscount Allenby GCB GCMG
- 1925Captain Roald Amundsen
- 1924Dr Marion I Newbigin
- 1921Colonel Frederick M Bailey CIE
- 1916Douglas W Freshfield DCL
- 1915Lord Kitchener of Khartoum KG KP GCB OM GCMG GCSI GCIE
- 1913Captain Edward R G R Evans RN KCB DSO SGM
- 1910Sir John Murray KCB FRS FRSE DSc DCL LLD
- 1909Sir Ernest H Shackleton CVO FRSGS
- 1908The Rt Hon Lord Avebury PC DCL LLD FRS
- 1907The Rt Hon Viscount Milner PC GCB GCMG
- 1906The Rt Hon Sir George D Taubman Goldie PC KCMG FRS DCL LLD
- 1905Sir Archibald Geikie OM KCB PRS FRSE DCL LLD FRS
- 1904Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN CVO MVO
- 1903Commander Robert E Peary USN
- 1902Dr Sven Anders Hedin[11]
- 1901Sir Harry H Johnston GCMG KCB
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Livingstone Medal".Royal Scottish geographical Society. Archived fromthe originalon 13 September 2015.Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^"Explorers of the RSGS".Royal Scottish Geographical Society.Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/who-we-are/news-and-blogs/founder-magnus-macfarlane-barrow-is-awarded-livingstone-medal/%7Ctitle=Founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow is awarded Livingstone Medal| publisher= mary's meals|accessdate = 15 November 2019
- ^"Annie Lennox awarded prestigious Livingstone Medal".UNAIDS.Retrieved1 December2015.
- ^"Mary Robinson Awarded Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Livingstone Medal".Royal Scottish geographical Society.Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^"Livingstone Medal honour for Crieff man Rory Stewart".The Courier.co.uk.Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^"Palin talk marks 100 years of Geography at University of Edinburgh"(PDF).Royal Scottish Geographical Society.Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^"Dr Robert D Ballard (b 1942)".Royal Scottish Geographical Society.Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^"Diary of Libyan Desert expedition".Janus.Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^"John Blashford-Snell".Retrieved27 August2015.
- ^"Court Circular".The Times.No. 36953. London. 17 December 1902. p. 10.