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| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer (1794–1843)

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

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| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

| For tracing the hitherto unexplored coast to the west between Return Reef and point Barrow, in 1837; and during the past year has discovered 90 miles of coast eastward from Point Turnagain of Franklin, on the norther shore of America.

1840

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| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

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| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

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| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

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| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

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| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

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| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

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| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

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| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

| For his important services as a Writer and Cartographer and Science, and for his well-known publication the Geographische Mitteilungen which for twelve years has greatly aided the process of Geography.

1869

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| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer (1839–1870)

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

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| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

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| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

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| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

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| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier (1846–1900)

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

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| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

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| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

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| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

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| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

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| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

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| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

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| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer (1892–1950)

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer (1889–1962)

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer (1898–1977)

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher (1901–1970)

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

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| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

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| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

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| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937–2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

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| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

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| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| British biogeomorphologist

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer (1794–1843)

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

1840

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| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

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| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

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| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| File:Richard Francis Burton by Rischgitz, 1864.jpg

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer (1839–1870)

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier (1846–1900)

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer (1892–1950)

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer (1889–1962)

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer (1898–1977)

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher (1901–1970)

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937–2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| British biogeomorphologist

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer (1794–1843)

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| File:Richard Francis Burton by Rischgitz, 1864.jpg

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer (1839–1870)

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier (1846–1900)

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer (1892–1950)

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer (1889–1962)

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer (1898–1977)

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher (1901–1970)

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937–2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| British biogeomorphologist

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer (1794–1843)

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| File:Richard Francis Burton by Rischgitz, 1864.jpg

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer (1839–1870)

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier (1846–1900)

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer (1892–1950)

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer (1889–1962)

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer (1898–1977)

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher (1901–1970)

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| British biogeomorphologist

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer (1794–1843)

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| File:Richard Francis Burton by Rischgitz, 1864.jpg

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer (1839–1870)

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier (1846–1900)

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer (1892–1950)

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer (1889–1962)

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer (1898–1977)

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher (1901–1970)

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| British biogeomorphologist

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| File:Richard Francis Burton by Rischgitz, 1864.jpg

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer (1839–1870)

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher (1901–1970)

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| British biogeomorphologist

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer (1839–1870)

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| British biogeomorphologist

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer (1804–1834)

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer (1808–1840)

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer (1800–1874)

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer (1821–1861)

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer (1816–1869)

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist (1820–1889)

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general (1858–1940)

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author (1845–1934)

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923)

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946)

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer (1907–1932)

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator (1884–1961)

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| British explorer (1908–1999)

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer (1897–2001)

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer (1921–2007)

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer (1912–2010)

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist (1914–2002)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947–2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist (1938–2023)

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

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| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Description

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of Sarawak (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| 1842

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

| British politician (1817–1894)

| 1849

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

For his important services as a Writer and Cartographer and Science, and for his well-known publication the Geographische Mitteilungen which for twelve years has greatly aided the process of Geography.

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

| 1868

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| 1873

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| 1880

For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

| Explorer and soldier

| 1881

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

For eminent services to scientific Geography

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| 1883

For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| 1884

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| 1908

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| 1928

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| 1936

For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| 1938

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| 1948

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| 1962

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

For Arctic exploration and research

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| 1968

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| 1976

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1991

| British geographer

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| 2015

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

| British explorer and TV presenter

| 2018

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Year

! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Description

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| File:Charles Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, 1921.png

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

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| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

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| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Description

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

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| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| British geographer and scientific collector ( 1937– 2014)

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

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| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

| File:StateLibQld 1 51876 Sir Augustus Gregory.jpg

| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| File:Henry Yule.jpg

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023

| zoologist

| For his lifetime’s contribution to protect tropical rainforests and combat climate change

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! Name

! Image

! Description

! Award Rationale

1832

| File:Richard Lemon Lander by William Brockedon.jpg

| Cornish explorer

| For the discovery of the course of the River Niger or Quorra, and its outlets in the Gulf of Benin

1833

| English mariner and explorer

| For the discovery of the land now named "Enderby's Land" and "Graham's Land" in the Antarctic Ocean

1834

| File:John Ross (1777-1856), by British school of the 19th century.jpg

| Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

| For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic

1835

| British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)

| For his remarkable and important journeys through Persia

1836

| British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)

| For his recent discoveries in the Arctic, and his memorable journey down the Great Fish River

1837

| Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

| For his survey of the coasts of South America, from the Rio de la Plata to Guayaquil in Peru

1838

| British Army general

| For valuable materials in comparative and physical geography in Syria, Mesopotamia and the delta ofSusiana

1839

| Scottish arctic explorer

1840

| File:Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswick, par Arthur J.Melhuish, BNF Gallica.jpg

| British politician (1810-1895)

| l for his travels and researches in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan, and for the light thrown by hom on the comparative geography of Western Asia.

1841

| British Royal Navy officer (1799-1859)

| For excellent work on Practical Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

1842

| British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862)

| For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent

1843

| British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)

| For his enterprising and extensive explorations in Australia, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty

1844

| British geologist (1805-1867)

| For valuable researches in Asia Minor

1845

| British geographer

| For his exploration in Abyssinia

1846

| Polish explorer and geologist

| For exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia

1847

| File:Charles Sturt by John Michael Crossland lowres color.jpg

| Australian explorer (1795-1869)

| For explorations in Australia, and especially for his journey fixing the limit of Lake Torrens and penetrating into the heart of the continent to lat. 24° 30'S, long. 138° 0'E

1848

| File:Sir James Brooke (1847) by Francis Grant.jpg

| White Rajah of (1803-1868)

| For his expedition to Borneo, and the zeal he has shown in promoting geographical discovery

1849

| British politician (1817–1894)

| For important contributions to Asiatic Geography, interesting researches in Mesopotamia, and for his discovery of the remains of Nineveh

1852

| Scottish explorer (1813-1893)

| For his survey of Boothia undermost severe privations and for his very important contributions to the Geography of the Arctic

1853

| English polymath: geographer, statistician, eugenicist (*1822 – †1911)

| For fitting out and conducting in Expedition to explore the centre of Southern Africa

1854

| English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

| For his valuable Maritime Surveys in the Mediterranean

1856

| American explorer and military medical officer

| For services and discoveries in the Polar Regions during the American Expeditions in search of Sir JohnFranklin

1857

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| Australian explorer (1819-1905)

| For extensive and important explorations in Western and Northern Australia

1858

| British Royal Navy admiral (1811-1883)

| For discoveries in the Arctic Regions

1859

| British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

| For his various exploratory enterprises, and especially for his perilous expedition with Captain. J. H. Speke tothe great lakes in Eastern Africa

1860

| British explorer and philanthropist

| For self-sacrificing perseverance in sending out expeditions to ascertain the fate of her husband

1861

| British military officer and explorer

| For his eminent geographical discoveries in Africa, and especially his discovery of the great lake Victoria Nyanza

1862

| File:William Strutt, Portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke, 1860.jpg

| Australian explorer

| In remembrance of that gallant explorer who with his companion Wills, perished after having traversed the continent of Australia

1863

| File:StateLibQld 1 68167 Francis Thomas Gregory (1821-1888).jpg

| English-born Australian explorer and politician (1821–1888)

| For successful explorations in Western Australia

1864

| File:James Augustus Grant. Cropped engraving by S. Hollyer. Wellcome V0002369.jpg

| Scottish explorer and collector (1827 – 1892)

| For his journey across Eastern Equatorial Africa with Captain Speke

1865

| English surveyor who worked in India (1830-1878)

| For his great trigonometrical journey from the plains of the Punjab to the Karakoram Range

1866

| Scottish doctor and botanist (1817-1878)

| For his researches in the Western Himalayas and Thibet

1867

| Russian admiral and explorer

| For being first to launch and navigate ships in the Sea of Aral and for his survey of the mouths of the Oxus

1868

| German cartographer (1822-1878)

1869

| File:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld by Axel Jungstedt 1902.jpg

| Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

| For designing and carrying out the Swedish expeditions to Spitzbergen ... whereby great additions havebeen made to our acquitance with zoology, botany, geology and meteorology

1870

| British explorer

| For his journey into Eastern Turkistan, and for reaching the Pamir Steppe

1871

| British geologist (1792-1871)

| Who for 40 years watched over the Society with more than paternal solicitude, and has at length placed it among the foremost of our scientific Societies

1872

| File:Henry Yule.jpg

| Scottish orientalist

| For eminent services to Geography

1873

| British explorer (1844-1897)

| For his enterprise and ability in surveying the course of the Yellow River, and for his journey through Western Mongolia

1874

| German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)

| For his explorations in Africa

1875

| Austrian explorer (1838-1881)

| For his enterprise and ability in command of expeditions to Spitzbergen and Nova Zembla

1876

| traveller from England (1844–1894)

| For his journey across Africa from Zanzibar to Benguela, and his survey of Lake Tanganyika

1877

| File:George Strong Nares. Photograph. Wellcome V0026912.jpg

| British naval officer and Arctic explorer (1831-1915)

| For having commanded the Arctic Expedition of 1875/6, during which ships and sledge parties reached a higher Northern latitude than had previously been attained

1878

| File:(Ferdinand von Richthofen) - Ernst (...)Milster Ernst btv1b84510245 (cropped).jpg

| German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

| For his extensive travels and scientific explorations in China

1879

| File:Nikolay Przhevalsky photoportrait and signature.jpg

| Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

| For successive expeditions and route-surveys in Mongolia and the high plateau of Northern Tibet

1880

| File:A.F.Ludwig Palander af Vega Th.Truchelut & Valkman BNF Gallica.jpg

| Swedish admiral

| For his services in connection with the Swedish Arctic Expeditions in the Vega

1881

| Explorer and soldier

| For his journey across Africa during which he explored 500 miles of new country

1882

| File:Gustav Nachtigal by Hanfstaengl (cropped).jpg

| German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

| For his journeys through the Eastern Sahara

1883

| British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

| For eminent services to scientific Geography

1884

| Rhodesian politician (1848–1914)

| For his journey from Canton to the Irrawadi

1885

| Scottish geologist and explorer

| For his zeal, promptitude and success during two expeditions into East Central Africa

1886

| File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg

| American army officer and polar explorer

| For having so considerably added to our knowledge of the shores of the Polar Sea and the interior of Grinnell Land

1887

| English geographer, writer and soldier; surveyed the Indian frontier, and Chilean-Argentine border

| For zeal and devotion in carrying out surveys of Afghanistan

1888

| British geographer (1830-1916)

| In acknowledgment or the value or his numerous contributions to geographical literature ... on his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Society after 25 years’ service

1889

| British traveller in Central Asia (?-1936)

| For his remarkable journey in Central Asia during which he travelled 4750 miles through regions never visited by an Englishman

1890

| File:Schnitzler, Edward, Emin Pacha, par Carletti, BNF Gallica.jpg

| German colonial governor (1840-1892)

| For the great services he rendered to Geography during his twelve years’ administration of the Equatorial Province of Egypt

1891

| Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)

| For investigations pursued as Naturalist to the Palliser expedition

1892

| British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

| The well-known naturalist and traveller and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, in recognition of the high geographical value of his great works

1893

| British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist

| In recognition of twenty years’ exploration and surveys in South Africa

1894

| British general

| For his remarkable journey across Tibet, from west to east

1895

| Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist

| For services to physical Geography, especially oceanography, and for his work on board the Challenger

1896

| British colonial governor and administrator (1846-1919)

| For services to Geography in British New Guinea, in exploring, mapping and giving information on the natives

1897

| Russian geographer, art collector and statistician

| For his long-continued efforts in promoting Russian exploration in Central Asia

1898

| Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

| For important exploring work in Central Asia

1899

| French explorer (1856-1936)

| For valuable work within the great bend of the Niger

1900

| British Army officer and businessman (1866-1947)

| For exploring and survey work in Central Asia

1901

| Italian explorer

| For his journey to the summit of Mount St. Elias, and for his Arctic voyage in the Stella Polare

1902

| British colonial administrator (1858-1945)

| For persistent attention to African Geography

1903

| British lawyer, mountaineer and author

| In recognition of his valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Caucasus

1904

| British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927)

| For his many valuable services towards the exploration of Africa

1905

| British politician (1856-1937)

| For explorations in the mountain regions of Spitsbergen

1906

| French naturalist and explorer

| The veteran French savant who for forty years has devoted himself to the exploration of Madagascar, and for his monumental work on the island in 52 large quarto volumes

1907

| Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919)

| For extensive explorations in the Patagonian Andes

1908

| British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)

| For his three years’ journey across Africa from the Niger to the Nile

1909

| Hungarian-British archaeologist (1862-1943)

| For his extensive explorations in Central Asia, and in particular his archaeological work

1910

| English geologist, topographer and surveyor

| For geographical discoveries and surveys along the North-eastern frontier of India, especially his pioneerexploring in the Karakoram

1911

| Russian explorer (1863–1935)

| For explorations in the Gobi desert, Northern Tibet and Mongolia

1912

| British poet (1843-1926)

| For his remarkable exploration in Northern Arabia, and for his classic work in which the results weredescribed

1914

| German geologist and geographer

| For his advancement of almost every branch of scientific geography, and in particular his idea of anInternational map of the world on the millionth scale

1915

| Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882-1958)

| For his conduct of the Australian Antarctic Expedition which achieved highly important scientific results

1916

| British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist

| For his contributions to the mapping of South America

1917

| File:T.E. Lawrence; D.G. Hogarth; Lt. Col. Dawnay (Hogarth cropped).jpg

| British archaeologist (1862-1927)

| For explorations in Asiatic Turkey

1918

| File:BellK 218 Gertrude Bell in Iraq in 1909 age 41.jpg

| British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)

| For her important explorations and travels in Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia and on the Euphrates

1919

| British cartographer (1873-1951)

| For his geographical work on the Western Front

1920

| English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer

| For his two journeys in South Central Arabia

1921

| Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

| For his distinguished services in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean

1922

| British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

| For his distinguished services in command of the Mount Everest Expedition

1923

| Danish explorer and anthropologist

| For exploration and research in the Arctic regions

1924

| Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer

| For his journey to Kutara and Darfur

1925

| British mountain climber

| For lifelong geographical work in the exploration of the Himalaya and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1922

1926

| British army officer and mountaineer

| For his distinguished leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, and his ascent to 28,100 feet

1927

| British geographer

| For his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shakshagam Expedition

1928

| British explorer (1875-1964)

| For long-continued geographical work in the Himalaya

1929

| File:The Allied Military Government in Sicily, 1943 TR1424.jpg

| British Army general (1895-1978)

| For his journeys in the Sahara and his studies of the Tuareg people

1930

| British botanist (1885-1958)

| For geographical exploration, and work on botanical distribution in China and Tibet

1931

| Civil servant and explorer

| For geographical work in Arabia and his successful crossing of the Rub al Khali

1932

| British Arctic explorer

| For his work in the Arctic Regions, especially as leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition

1933

| Scottish polar explorer

| For work in Polar explorations

1934

| British colonial administrator

| For his journeys in the Himalayas and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933

1935

| English 20th-century desert explorer, geologist and soldier

| For journeys in the Libyan Desert

1936

| surveyor (1885-1966), working in Egypt

| For explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and Eastern Egypt, and his studies of the Badawin tribes

1937

| surveyor (1885-1978)

| For surveys in Iraq, Syria and the Irrawaddy Delta, and for his work on the Afghan and Turco-Iraq Boundary Commissions

1938

| Australian explorer (1905–1968)

| For the valuable scientific work of his British Grahamland Expedition

1939

| surveyor and administrator in British Kenya (1885-1950)

| For his surveys of the Turkana Province (Kenya) and the volcanoes south of lake Rudolf

1940

| Ingrams [née Shortt], Doreen Constance (1906–1997), actress and traveller

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1940

| British colonial official (1897-1973)

| For exploration and studies in the Hadhramaut

1941

| British intelligence officer

| For his surveys in the Libyan desert, and his application of his experience to desert warfare.

1942

| British travel writer (1893-1993)

| For her travels in the East and her account of them

1945

| Canadian politician and geologist (1876-1958)

| For his contributions to the geology of the North

1946

| For his work on geodesy in India and his contributions to mapping in the Far East

1947

| British Army officer (1898–1968)

| For research work in Air Survey and for his cartographic work

1948

| British explorer (1910-2003)

| For contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert

1949

| British geographer (1898-1966)

| For his work in organising the Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain and his application of Geography to National planning

1950

| director of the Department of Lands and Survey, Jordan

| For contributions to the mapping of the Western Desert of Egypt

1951

| File:Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1958.jpg

| British explorer

| For his contributions to Antarctic exploration and his research as leader of the survey 1948-50

1952

| British explorer

| For exploratory work among the mountains of East Africa and Central Asia

1953

| glaciologist (1912-1984)

| For explorations in the Canadian Arctic

1954

| British mountaineer, explorer and army officer (1910-1998)

| Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition

1955

| American geographer

| For services in the development of geographical research and exploration

1956

| Norwegian writer and polar researcher

| Leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, for contributions to Polar exploration

1957

| Italian explorer

| For geographical exploration and surveys in the Himalayas

1958

| American explorer (1908-1968)

| For contributions to Antarctic exploration and research

1959

| United States naval officer

| For the first trans-Polar submarine voyage in command of USS Nautilus

1960

| Australian scientist and explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1961

| Soviet ocenographer and polar explorer

| For Antarctic exploration and research

1962

| File:Edwin McDonald on the bridge of U.S.S. Edisto.jpg

| United States Navy captain

| For coastal explorations in the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica)

1963

| French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

| For underwater exploration and research

1964

| File:(left to right) Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey (1913-1996) and her husband Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-1972).jpg

| kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist

| For palaeographical exploration and discoveries in East Africa

1965

| geologist and explorer (1923–2016)

| For Polar exploration and research, with special reference to the Canadian Arctic

1966

| English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996)

| For botanical exploration in North Borneo and the Solomon Islands

1967

| Brazilian sertanista (1916-1998)

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1967

| Brazilian anthropologist

| For contributions to exploration and development in the Mato Grosso

1968

| British geologist (1917-2003)

| For Arctic exploration and research

1969

| naval officer and Antarctic explorer

| For services to Antarctic exploration and research and to international co-operation in Antarctic science

1970

| British polar explorer (1934-2007)

| For Arctic and Antarctic exploration and surveys

1971

| British oceanographer and chemist (1906-1984)

| For oceanographical research and exploration

1972

| Royal Navy admiral (1914-2012)

| For hydrographical charting and oceanographical exploration

1973

| British geologist (1904-1996)

| Leader, the RGS’s Musandam [North Oman] Expedition. For contributions to the geographical history of thePersian Gulf region

1974

| British mountaineer

| For mountain explorations

1975

| British archaeologist and geographer

| For contributions to the geographical history of the Nubian Nile valley and Eastern Africa, and for services toexploration

1976

| polar expert and ornithologist (1912-1978)

| For Polar exploration, and for contributions to Antarctic research and political negotiation

1977

| geographer (1918-2015)

| For economic Geography, and for his contributions to international understanding in geographical teaching

1978

| British military officer and surveyor, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey (1895-1983)

| For services to the science of map-making

1979

| geographer

| For contributions to geomorphology, the study of coral reefs and the history of academic Geography

1980

| British geographer (1915-2014)

1981

| mechanical engineer, explorer and mountaineer (1932-2006)

1982

| British surgeon and mountaineer (1925-2005)

| For high-altitude medical research and leadership of the British Mount Kongur Expedition

1983

| British ornithologist and conservationist (1909–1989)

1984

| British explorer (born 1944)

1985

| File:Weston Library Opening by John Cairns 20.3.15-139 David Attenborough.jpg

| British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

1986

| British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020)

1987

| British oceanographer

1988

| town planner, urbanist and geographer (1932-2014)

1989

| Norwegian explorer

1990

| Canadian explorer

1991

| British geographer

1992

| British mathematician and geographer

| For contributions to the study of urban and regional systems.

1993

| British geographer (1938–2020)

| For contributions to hydrology and geomorphology.

1994

| British geographer

| for contribution to geomorphology.

1995

| zoologist, environmental biologist and author (1933-), chairman of the Institute for European Environmental Policy

1996

| British oceanographer

| for contributions to oceanography

1997

| British historical demographer (1931-2022)

1998

| economic geographer (1948-)

1999

| British geographer

| For contributions to the development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology

2000

| geographer at the University of Manchester

| For contributions to urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy

2001

| American geographer (1947-2019)

| For contributions to research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy

2002

| Swiss geographer and university professor (1931-2019)

| For contributions to mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues

2003

| professor of geographic information science

| For contributions to geographical information science

2004

| Polish geographer

| For advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology

2005

| British geologist (1937-2006)

| For research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology

2006

| British geographer

| For international leadership of research in human geography and social theory

2007

| British-born American climatologist and geographer (1935-2018)

| For international leadership of research on climate and climate change

2008

| British glaciologist

| For the encouragement, development and promotion of glaciology

2009

| geographer at the University of Cambridge (1938-)

| For contributions to historical geography

2010

| geographer and science writer

| For encouraging, developing and promoting understanding of the human dimensions of climate change

2011

| File:David N. Livingstone Portrait by Emma Lutton 2023.jpg

| British academic

| For the encouragement and promotion of historical geography

2012

| Scottish linguist and geographer

| For the encouragement and development of historical and cultural geography

2013

| geographer at the University of Cambridge

| For the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology

2014

| British geologist

| For the development and promotion of glaciology

2015

| File:Michael Batty - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20131005-02.jpg

| British academic

| For development and promotion of the geographical science of cities

2016

| economic and urban geographer

| For scholarship and leadership in human and economic geography

2017

| British ecologist

| For the enhancement and promotion of agricultural development in Asia and Africa

2018

| British explorer and TV presenter

| For scientific expeditions and enhancing public understanding

2019

| Canadian geographer

| For sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography

2020

| geographer

| For her excellence in establishing the field of biogeomorphology

2021

| speleologist & mining engineer

| For significant contribution in leading speleological expeditions, exploring and recording some of the largest caves in the world for over 50 years

2022

| British industrialist and adventurer

| For enabling science through expeditions, and inspiring younger generations of geographers

2023