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

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

References

^ "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.

[1] "Livingstone Medal". Royal Scottish geographical Society. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[RSGS-2] "Explorers of the RSGS". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[3] ttps://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

[4] "Annie Lennox awarded prestigious Livingstone Medal". UNAIDS. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[5] "Mary Robinson Awarded Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Livingstone Medal". Royal Scottish geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[6] "Livingstone Medal honour for Crieff man Rory Stewart". The Courier.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[7] "Palin talk marks 100 years of Geography at University of Edinburgh" (PDF). Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[8] "Dr Robert D Ballard (b 1942)". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[9] "Diary of Libyan Desert expedition". Janus. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[10] "John Blashford-Snell". Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[11] "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36953. London. 17 December 1902. p. 10.

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