Back Award

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The Back Award is a prestigious honor given by the Royal Geographical Society for notable contributions to the development or application of geographical knowledge.

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Back Award canonical 2

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instanceOf Royal Geographical Society award
academic award
geography award
awardCategory medal and award of the Royal Geographical Society
awardedFor notable contributions to the application of geographical knowledge
notable contributions to the development of geographical knowledge
awardingBody Royal Geographical Society
surface form: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
discipline geographical information science
human geography
physical geography
field geography
follows Founders’ Medal
surface form: Founder's Medal

Patron’s Medal
hasLanguage English
hasNotableCharacteristic one of the principal awards of the Royal Geographical Society
recognises contributions to geographical theory and practice
hasRecipient Andrew Cliff
Brian Berry
David Harvey
Doreen Massey
Halford Mackinder
Leslie Curry
Professor Michael Batty
surface form: Michael Batty

Owen Lattimore
Peter Gould
Peter Haggett
Richard Chorley
Ron Johnston
Torsten Hägerstrand
Vaughan Cornish
Walford Mackenzie
inception 1882
isPartOf Royal Geographical Society medals and awards
locationOfAwarding London, England
surface form: London
namedAfter George Back
officialName Back Award self-link
presentedBy Royal Geographical Society
sponsor Royal Geographical Society

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Back Award officialName Back Award self-link