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

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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

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* List of geography awards
* List of awards named after people

## References

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1. ^ "Livingstone Medal". Royal Scottish geographical Society. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
2. ^ "Explorers of the RSGS". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
3. ^ https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/who-we-are/news-and-blogs/founder-magnus-macfarlane-barrow-is-awarded-livingstone-medal/|title= 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.