Past Recipients
| Date | Founder's Medal | Contribution | Patron's Medal | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Professor Roger Barry | international leadership of research on climate and climate change | Professor Paul Curran | international development of geographical science through remote sensing and Earth observation |
| 2006 | Professor Derek Gregory | international leadership of research in human geography and social theory | Professor Jack Ives | role internationally in establishing the global importance of mountain regions |
| 2005 | Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton | research on Quaternary palaeoclimatology | Professor Jean Malaurie | lifelong study of the Arctic and its peoples |
| 2004 | Professor Leszek Starkel | advancing international understanding of palaeohydrology and geomorphology | Sydney Possuelo | contributions to Brazilian people’s rights and explorations in Amazonia |
| 2003 | Professor Michael Frank Goodchild | contributions to geographical information science | Harish Kapadia | contributions to geographical discovery and mountaineering in the Himalayas |
| 2002 | Bruno Messerli | mountain research and the public awareness of mountain issues | Dr David Keeble | advancing knowledge in economic and industrial geography |
| 2001 | Professor William Graf | research on dryland river processes, and the interactions of science and public policy | Reinhold Messner | mountaineering and mountain regions |
| 2000 | Professor Brian Robson | urban geography and geographical perspectives to urban policy | Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO | promoting the understanding of global environmental issues in governmental and wider public arena |
| 1999 | Professor Mike Kirkby | development of processed-based and modelling approaches in geomorphology | Doug Scott, CBE | mountaineering and the knowledge of mountain regions |
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