Royal Geographical Society

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charity learned society professional body

The Royal Geographical Society is a leading British learned society and professional body dedicated to the advancement of geographical science and exploration.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Royal Geographical Society canonical 67
Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 7
Council of the Royal Geographical Society 2

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf charity ⓘ
learned society ⓘ
professional body ⓘ
abbreviation RGS ⓘ
RGS-IBG ⓘ
awards Alfred Steers Dissertation Prize ⓘ
Back Award ⓘ
Busk Medal ⓘ
Cherry Kearton Medal and Award ⓘ
Cuthbert Peek Award ⓘ
Founders’ Medal ⓘ
Murchison Medal ⓘ
surface form: Murchison Award

Ness Award ⓘ
Patrons’ Medal ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
Victoria Medal ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
environmental science ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
geography ⓘ
focusesOn advancement of geographical science ⓘ
promotion of geographical education ⓘ
support of exploration ⓘ
foundedBy John Washington ⓘ
Francis Beaufort ⓘ
surface form: Sir Francis Beaufort

Sir John Barrow ⓘ
grantedRoyalCharter 1859 ⓘ
hasCollection artworks ⓘ
expedition records ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
maps ⓘ
photographs ⓘ
hasDirector Professor Joe Smith ⓘ
hasMembershipType Associate ⓘ
Fellow ⓘ
Student member ⓘ
hasPresident Baroness Chalker of Wallasey ⓘ
Michael Palin ⓘ
Nicholas Crane ⓘ
Nigel Clifford ⓘ
hasStatus chartered institution ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kensington Gore ⓘ
surface form: Kensington Gore, London
inception 1830 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
motto The advancement of geographical science ⓘ
organizes conferences ⓘ
fieldwork training ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ
originalName Royal Geographical Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Geographical Society of London
publishes Area ⓘ
The Geographical Journal ⓘ
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers ⓘ
supports expeditions ⓘ
fieldwork grants ⓘ
geographical research ⓘ
website https://www.rgs.org/ ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

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

The Lost City of Z → depicts → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Percy Fawcett → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Leonard Darwin → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Aurel Stein → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal → awardedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal → grantedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Royal Geographical Society
Louise Arner Boyd → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal → awardedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal → administeredBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal → associatedWith → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
President of the Royal Geographical Society → positionHeldIn → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
President of the Royal Geographical Society → appointedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
President of the Royal Geographical Society → headOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
President of the Royal Geographical Society → represents → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
President of the Royal Geographical Society → usedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Sir Ranulph Fiennes → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Geographical Society → originalName → Royal Geographical Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geographical Society of London
Fawcett → employer → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
subject surface form: Percy Fawcett
Fawcett → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
subject surface form: Percy Fawcett
Percival → employer → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
subject surface form: Percival Fawcett
Percival → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
subject surface form: Percival Fawcett
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Francis Galton → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Redvers Buller → awardReceived → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
British Antarctic Expedition → sponsor → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Albertopolis → contains → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition → organizedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
1953 British Mount Everest expedition → sponsoredBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition → sponsor → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Exhibition Road → adjacentTo → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Wilfred Thesiger → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
John Hanning Speke → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Halford Mackinder → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
council of the Royal Geographical Society → partOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
council of the Royal Geographical Society → appliesToJurisdiction → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
council of the Royal Geographical Society → governs → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr. → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Nigel Clifford → employer → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Nigel Clifford → memberOf → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
RGS → fullName → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Geographical Society
this entity surface form: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
RGS-IBG → fullName → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
RGS-IBG → foundedAs → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
The Geographical Journal → publisher → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Medal → presentedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Medal → sponsor → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Founders’ Medal → awardedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Patrons’ Medal → presentedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Victoria Medal → presentedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Victoria Medal → hasAwardingBody → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Back Award → presentedBy → Royal Geographical Society ⓘ