Livingstone Medal
The Livingstone Medal is awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in recognition of outstanding service of a humanitarian nature with a clear geographical dimension. This was awarded first in 1901.[1]
Named after the African explorer David Livingstone it was endowed in 1901 by his daughter, Agnes Livingstone Bruce. Designed by the sculptor James Pittendrigh MacGillivray, it has a portrait of Livingstone on the front and a depiction of the Spirit of Civilisation on the reverse.[2]
Recipients
[edit]Source: RSGS
- 2020 Ban Ki-moon
- 2018 Josh Littlejohn MBE & Alice Thompson
- 2016 Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow OBE[3]
- 2015 Annie Lennox OBE[4]
- 2012 Mary Robinson[5]
- 2009 Rory Stewart OBE[6]
- 2008 Michael Palin CBE[7]
- 2006 The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme
- 2004 HRH The Princess Royal
- 2002 Christopher Brasher CBE
- 2001 Dr Robert D Ballard[8]
- 2000 The Rt Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey PC
- 1998 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KT
- 1997 Sir David Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE
- 1996 HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku
- 1995 Médecins Sans Frontières
- 1994 Dr Richard Leakey
- 1993 Sir Martin Holdgate CB
- 1992 Sir Steven Runciman CH
- 1991 Sir Chris Bonington CVO CBE
- 1989 Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS
- 1988 Tim Severin
- 1982 Sir Ranulph T-W Fiennes OBE
- 1981 Dr David R Stoddart OBE
- 1978 Professor Ronald F E W Peel [9]
- 1975 The 1975 British Everest Expedition
- 1974 Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE[10]
- 1971 Neil Armstrong
- 1969 Sir Wally W Herbert
- 1967 Sir Francis Chichester KBE
- 1966 Paul-Emile Victor
- 1964 Professor Eduard Imhof
- 1962 Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger KBE DSO
- 1961 Professor André Allix
- 1956 Sir John Bagot Glubb KCB CMG DSO OBE MC
- 1955 Sir Robert Charles Evans FRCS
- 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary KBE
- 1953 Sir John Hunt KT CBE DSO
- 1951 Eric Earle Shipton CBE
- 1950 Professor Alan G Ogilvie OBE
- 1947 Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
- 1944 Major Noel Ewart Odell
- 1943 Miss Eva French
- 1943 Miss Francesca French
- 1943 Miss Mildred Cable
- 1939 The Rt Hon Lord Hailey KCSI KCIE
- 1936 Frank Kingdon-Ward
- 1932 Bertram Thomas OBE
- 1931 Sir Hubert Wilkins MC
- 1930 Sir Wilfred Grenfell KCMG
- 1928 Sir Alan J Cobham KBE
- 1927 Dr Isaiah Bowman
- 1926 The Rt Hon Viscount Allenby GCB GCMG
- 1925 Captain Roald Amundsen
- 1924 Dr Marion I Newbigin
- 1921 Colonel Frederick M Bailey CIE
- 1916 Douglas W Freshfield DCL
- 1915 Lord Kitchener of Khartoum KG KP GCB OM GCMG GCSI GCIE
- 1913 Captain Edward R G R Evans RN KCB DSO SGM
- 1910 Sir John Murray KCB FRS FRSE DSc DCL LLD
- 1909 Sir Ernest H Shackleton CVO FRSGS
- 1908 The Rt Hon Lord Avebury PC DCL LLD FRS
- 1907 The Rt Hon Viscount Milner PC GCB GCMG
- 1906 The Rt Hon Sir George D Taubman Goldie PC KCMG FRS DCL LLD
- 1905 Sir Archibald Geikie OM KCB PRS FRSE DCL LLD FRS
- 1904 Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN CVO MVO
- 1903 Commander Robert E Peary USN
- 1902 Dr Sven Anders Hedin[11]
- 1901 Sir Harry H Johnston GCMG KCB
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Livingstone Medal". Royal Scottish geographical Society. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Explorers of the RSGS". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/who-we-are/news-and-blogs/founder-magnus-macfarlane-barrow-is-awarded-livingstone-medal/%7Ctitle= Founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow is awarded Livingstone Medal| publisher= mary's meals|accessdate = 15 November 2019
- ^ "Annie Lennox awarded prestigious Livingstone Medal". UNAIDS. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Mary Robinson Awarded Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Livingstone Medal". Royal Scottish geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Livingstone Medal honour for Crieff man Rory Stewart". The Courier.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Palin talk marks 100 years of Geography at University of Edinburgh" (PDF). Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Dr Robert D Ballard (b 1942)". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Diary of Libyan Desert expedition". Janus. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "John Blashford-Snell". Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36953. London. 17 December 1902. p. 10.