Murchison Award

Recipients

Source (1882–1982): British Museum
Source (1970 onwards) Royal Geographical Society

• 1882 Rev Thomas Wakefield
• 1883 Rev William Deans Cowan, missionary, for journeys in Madagascar
• 1884 William Watts McNair
• 1885 Pandit Krishna
• 1886 Frank and Alexander Jardine, for overland expedition from Rockhampton to Cape York, Australia
• 1887 George Bourne
• 1888 J. McCarthy, for his map of Siam
• 1889 F.S. Arnott, for giving a suitable present to the chief Chitambo, of Ilala, for his services to Dr. Livingstone
• 1890 Vittorio Sella
• 1891 William Ogilvie
• 1892 Robert M.W. Swan (1858-1904) for his work at Great Zimbabwe with James Theodore Bent
• 1893 R.W. Senior, Indian Survey, for his work in the Kulu and Lahaul ranges of the Punjab Himalayas
• 1894 Capt. Joseph Wiggins, for his work in opening Kara Sea route to Siberia
• 1895 Eivind Astrup
• 1896 Sir Henry Thuillier
• 1897 Lieut. Seymour Vandeleur, for his journeys in Somaliland, Uganda, Unyoro, the Upper Nile, and the Niger region
• 1898 Herbert Warrington Smyth, for his several important journeys in Siam.
• 1899 Albert Armitage, for his valuable scientific observations in the Arctic
• 1900 Dr Henry Arctowski, for his oceanographical and meteorological work on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
• 1901 John Coles, for his services to geography and the society as Map Curator
• 1902 John Stanley Gardiner
• 1903 Capt. Gunnar Isachsen
• 1904 Capt. William Colbeck, for his services to the Society while in command of the relief expeditions.
• 1905 William Wallace, for his services when he served as an official in Northern Nigeria.
• 1906 Maj. Henry Rodolph Davies, for his explorations in the Kachin Hills, the Shan States, Yunnan, Sechuan, and Siam
• 1907 Capt. G.E. Smith, for his surveys in British East Africa.
• 1908 Col. Delmé-Radcliffe, for his work in the Nile province of Uganda
• 1909 Capt. Cecil Godfrey Rawling, for survey and exploration in Tibet.
• 1910 Dr. Karl Skottsberg, for his work in the Magellan Straits
• 1911 Sir Wilfred Grenfell, for his work in Labrador.
• 1912 Capt. William Campbell Macfie, for his work on the Uganda Topographical Survey
• 1913 Maj. Hugh Drummond Pearson, for his surveys in the Sudan.
• 1914 Cmdr. Harry Lewin Lee Pennell, for his services to Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
• 1915 Capt. John King Davis, for his work on the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14
• 1916 Lieut-Col. Whitlock
• 1917 Rai Bahadur Lal Singh
• 1918 C.A. Reid
• 1919 Dr. W.M. Strong, for his journeys in New Guinea
• 1920 Maria Czaplicka
• 1921 Cmdnt. J. Maury, for his surveys in the Belgian Congo
• 1922 Charles Camsell, for explorations and surveys in northern Canada
• 1923 Capt. A.G. Stigand, for his map of Ngamiland
• 1924 J.H. Reynolds
• 1925 Eric Teichman
• 1926 Frank Debenham
• 1927 Capt. C.J. Morris, for his explorations on Mr. H. F. Montagnier’s expedition to Hunza.
• 1928 John Mathieson
• 1929 C.S. Elton
• 1930 Col. H. Wood, R.E.
• 1931 L.M. Nesbitt "for his journey through the Danakil country of Abyssinia"
• 1932 Dr. K.S. Sandford
• 1933 Dr. Noel Humphreys
• 1934 John Rymill
• 1935 R.P. Bishop, for his surveys in British Columbia
• 1936 Michael Leahy
• 1937 Martin Lindsay
• 1938 Ronald Kaufback
• 1939 Robert Bentham
• 1940 Peter Mott
• 1941 C.T. Madigan, for his explorations in Central Australia
• 1942 Sidney William Wooldridge and Flight-Lieut David Linton
• 1943-44 No award
• 1945 Lieut-Col W.E. Browne
• 1946 Lieut-Col Cecil Augustus Hart
• 1947 Gordon Manley
• 1948 Robert W. Steel
• 1949 Lieut-Col. E.H. Thompson, for original researches in the techniques of air survey
• 1950 Sgn-Cmdr Edward W. Bingham, R.N., for polar expeditions
• 1951 Dr. George Salt
• 1952 W.D.C. Wiggins, for contributions to cartography
• 1953 G.B. Stigant, for studies and mapping of the Japanese coasts
• 1954 Gerald R. Crone
• 1955 H.C.K Henderson, Birkbeck College
• 1956 Dr. Alice Garnett
• 1957 Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram for his zoological work at the Scott Polar Research Institute.
• 1958 Prof. E.G. Bowen, for studies in the geography of Wales
• 1959 Prof. S.P. Chatterjee, for his work in organising the national atlas of India
• 1960 Prof. James Wreford Watson
• 1961 Prof. Keith McPherson Buchanan
• 1962 Prof. S.H. Beaver
• 1963 Prof. Arthur Austin Miller
• 1964 Prof. Kenneth Charles Edwards
• 1965 Prof. John C. Swallow
• 1966 Prof. S.G. Davis
• 1967 Prof. Edmund William Gilbert
• 1968 C.T. Smith
• 1969 Prof. J.T. Coppock
• 1970 Iain R. Bishop
• 1971 Prof. J. W. House
• 1972 Prof. Emeritus William Gordon East
• 1973 Prof. William Bayne Fisher
• 1974 Prof. H. H. Lamb
• 1975 Prof. Akin L. Mabogunje
• 1976 Prof. Emeritus W. G. Hoskins CBE FBA
• 1977 Mr Harold Fullard
• 1978 Prof. Kenneth Walton
• 1979 Prof. Eila Campbell
• 1980 Mr. Clive Jermy
• 1981 Prof. C. Kidson
• 1982 Dr. Robert J. Bennett
• 1983 Prof.Richard Lawton
• 1984 Prof. Stanley Gregory
• 1985 Prof. Ron J. Johnston
• 1986 Mr David Bickmore
• 1987 Prof. Monica Cole
• 1988 Dr. Roger Tomlinson
• 1989 Prof. Emeritus Vernon S. Forbes
• 1990 Prof. Jim Rose
• 1991 Mr. Peter Clark
• 1992 Prof. William Buttiker
• 1993 Prof. Paul Claval
• 1994 Dr Andrew Warren
• 1995 Prof. Frank Oldfield
• 1996 Prof. Ronald A. Dodgshon
• 1997 Prof. Anne Buttimer
• 1998 Prof. Susan Smith
• 1999 Prof. Robert Woods
• 2000 Prof. Felix Driver
• 2001 Ann Savours Shirley
• 2002 Prof. David Woodward
• 2003 Prof. David Smith
• 2004 Dr. Tom Spencer
• 2005 Dr. Clive Oppenheimer
• 2006 Prof.Tony Gatrell
• 2007 not awarded
• 2008 Prof.Neil Wrigley
• 2009 Prof. Jenny Robinson
• 2010 Prof. Gerry Kearns
• 2011 Prof. Stuart Elden
• 2012 Prof. Gillian Rose
• 2013 Prof. Kelvyn Jones
• 2014 Prof. John Dearing
• 2015 Prof. Gill Valentine
• 2016 Prof. Parvati Raghuram
• 2017 Prof. Henry Wai-chung Yeung for “pioneering publications in the field of globalisation”.
• 2018 Mark Macklin, "for pioneering research in fluvial geomorphology and its environmental applications"
• 2019 Prof. Mark Birkin "for pioneering work on the development and application of urban analytics"
• 2020 Professor Peter Kraftl
• 2022 Professor David Hannah
• 2023 Professor Noel Castree