Royal Geographical Society Medals and Awards for 1988Source: Area, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), p. 212Published by: The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20002620 .

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Royal Geographical Society Medals and Awards for 1988

Special Medal The National Geographic Society 'For a century of disseminating geographical knowledge and cartography '

Founder's Medal Professor Peter Hall University of Reading ' For contributions to the geography of cities and planning '

Patron's Medal Mr Nigel de N Winser Expedition Officer, Royal Geographical Society 'For leadership of the Oman Wahiba Sands Project and administration of other sponsored projects'

Victoria Medal Professor Brian Berry University of Texas at Dallas' For contributions to human geography'

Busk Medal Dr Malcolm Coe University of Oxford ' For leadership of the Kora Research Project'

Murchison Award Dr Roger Tomlinson Tomlinson Associates Limited, Canada ' For contributions to the develop ment of geographic information systems'

Back Award Dr Denis Cosgrove Loughborough University ' For contributions to human geography'

Cuthbert Peek Award Dr John Wilkinson University of Oxford 'For contributions to the geography of the Middle East '

Gill Award Professor A Henderson-Sellers University of Liverpool' For contributions to climatology'

Cherry Kearton Medal and Award Dr Bradford Washburn Boston's Museum of Science' For cartography and nature photography'

Ness Award Dr John Matthews University College Cardiff' For leadership of glaciological expeditions'

Edward Heath Award Dr Nigel Thrift University of Bristol ' For contributions to human geography in the developing world '

Honorary vice-president Dr Helen Wallis Map Library, British Library

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