The Cherry Kearton Medal and Award is an honour bestowed by the Royal Geographical Society on "a traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinematography".[1][2] It is named for nature photographer Cherry Kearton[3] and was launched in 1967.
Recipients
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- 1970Henry Hamilton Beamish OBE :
- 1971Eugen Schuhmacher :
- 1972David Attenborough CBE : [4]
- 1973Heinz Sielmann :
- 1974Des Bartlett/ Jen Bartlett :
- 1975Eric Ashby :
- 1976Dr Pamela Harrison : [5]
- 1977Jeffrey Boswall :
- 1978Anthony Smith :
- 1979Rick Mason :
- 1980David Hughes :
- 1981Barry Paine :
- 1982Hugh Falkus :
- 1983Mike Andrews :
- 1984The Hon Lucinda Buxton :
- 1985Adrian Cowell :
- 1986Hugh Miles :
- 1987Colin Willock :
- 1988Dr Bradford Washburn : [6]
- 1989Adrian Warren :
- 1990Julian Pettifer :
- 1991Peter Jones :
- 1992Mark Edwards : [7]
- 1993Douglas Allan : [8]
- 1994Jonathan Scott : [9]
- 1995Paul Harris[10] :
- 1996Alastair Fothergill : [11]
- 1997Adrian Arbib : [12]
- 1998Professor Jonathan Kingdon :
- 1999Dr Martha Holmes :
- 2000Carol Beckwith/ Angela Fisher : [13]
- 2001Les Hiddins :
- 2002Tony Foster[14] :
- 2003not awarded :
- 2004Pat Keough and Rosemarie Keough[15] :
- 2005Michael Martin[16] :
- 2006not awarded :
- 2007not awarded :
- 2008not awarded :
- 2009Simon King :
- 2010Frans Lanting : [17]
- 2011Dale Templar : [18]
- 2012Andy Rouse : [19]
- 2013Yann Arthus-Bertrand : [20]
- 2014Jens Bjerre : [21]
- 2015Sebastião Salgado :
- 2016Wendy Darke : [22]
- 2017Harry Hook : [23]
- 2018Andy Goldsworthy :
- 2019Tacita Dean : [24]
- 2020Steve McCurry :
- 2021David Coulson :
- 2022Nicholas Jones : [25]
- 2023Harriet Fraser and Rob Fraser :
- 2024Leon McCarron :
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Developing Areas Research Group (DARG)". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Cherry Kearton: Biography of a Wildlife Photographer | Nature Blog". Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Sir David Attenborough, biography, bibliography, prizes and awards, festival appearances". literaryfestivals.co.uk.
- ^ "Pam Harrison". The Zoological Photographic Club.
- ^ "Washburn, Bradford – AAG". aag.org.
- ^ "Pari Center for New Learning - Faculty". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "The Explorers Club British Chapter". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Patrons". colobusconservation.org.
- ^ "Paul Harris Archived June 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine", National Trust Images.
- ^ "'Bears': Enjoyable nature film –".
- ^ "The Bardwell Press – Solsbury Hill". bardwell-press.com.
- ^ "The Explorers Club". explorers.org.
- ^ "Tony Foster: Searching for a Bigger Subject at Royal Watercolour Society", Art Daily.
- ^ Award list for 2004 Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Royal Geographical Society.
- ^ Award list for 2005 Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Royal Geographical Society.
- ^ Artz, Matt (8 June 2010). "Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Announces Annual Royal Medal and Award Recipients: Professor Iain Stewart, Jack Dangermond, and Frans Lanting Amongst Those Honoured".
- ^ "Heavenpublicity, Travel PR, Ski PR, Adventure PR - PARNERSHIPS". heavenpublicity.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Environment". The Daily Telegraph. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016.
- ^ "2013 medals and awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Royal Geographical Society honours top geographers". storbritannien.um.dk/.
- ^ "2016 medals and awards". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "2017 awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Medals and award recipients announced". Royal Geographical Society. 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2022 awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 26 July 2024.