Founders’ Medal

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geographical award honour medal

The Founders’ Medal is one of the Royal Geographical Society’s highest honors, awarded for distinguished contributions to the advancement of geographical science and exploration.

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Label Occurrences
Founders Medal 2
Founders’ Medal canonical 2
Founder's Medal 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical award ⓘ
honour ⓘ
medal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Founders’ Medal ⓘ
surface form: Founders Medal
awardedBy Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
awardFor advancement of geographical knowledge ⓘ
distinguished contributions to exploration ⓘ
distinguished contributions to the advancement of geographical science ⓘ
category Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Geographical Society medals and awards
country United Kingdom ⓘ
field exploration ⓘ
geographical science ⓘ
geography ⓘ
frequencyOfAward annual ⓘ
hasNotableRecipient David Livingstone ⓘ
Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ
Michael Palin ⓘ
Professor Andrew Goudie ⓘ
Professor Anne Buttimer ⓘ
David Harvey ⓘ
surface form: Professor David Harvey

Professor Doreen Massey ⓘ
Jared Diamond ⓘ
surface form: Professor Jared Diamond

Professor Michael Batty ⓘ
Professor Peter Haggett ⓘ
Professor Ron Johnston ⓘ
Professor Sir Derek Gregory ⓘ
Professor Sir Gordon Conway ⓘ
Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton ⓘ
Professor Susan Cutter ⓘ
Torsten Hägerstrand ⓘ
surface form: Professor Torsten Hägerstrand

Professor Yi-Fu Tuan ⓘ
Sir Clements Markham ⓘ
Sir Crispin Tickell ⓘ
Edmund Hillary ⓘ
surface form: Sir Edmund Hillary

Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
surface form: Sir Ernest Shackleton

Halford Mackinder ⓘ
surface form: Sir Halford Mackinder

Sir Ranulph Fiennes ⓘ
Sir Vivian Fuchs ⓘ
Sir Wilfred Grenfell ⓘ
Sven Hedin ⓘ
Tim Severin ⓘ
Wilfred Thesiger ⓘ
hasType gold medal ⓘ
inception 1830 ⓘ
isOneOf highest honours of the Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
namedAfter founders of the Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
selectionBy council of the Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
surface form: Council of the Royal Geographical Society
status currently awarded ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Geographical Society → awards → Founders’ Medal ⓘ
RGS → grantsAward → Founders’ Medal ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Geographical Society
Royal Medal → relatedTo → Founders’ Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Founders Medal
Founders’ Medal → alsoKnownAs → Founders’ Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Founders Medal
Victoria Medal → follows → Founders’ Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Founders Gold Medal
Back Award → follows → Founders’ Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Founder's Medal