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[edit]
Source: Royal Geographic Society
- 1970: Henry Hamilton Beamish OBE
- 1971: Eugen Schuhmacher
- 1972: David Attenborough CBE[4]
- 1973: Heinz Sielmann
- 1974: Des Bartlett/ Jen Bartlett
- 1975: Eric Ashby
- 1976: Dr Pamela Harrison[5]
- 1977: Jeffrey Boswall
- 1978: Anthony Smith
- 1979: Rick Mason
- 1980: David Hughes
- 1981: Barry Paine
- 1982: Hugh Falkus
- 1983: Mike Andrews
- 1984: The Hon Lucinda Buxton
- 1985: Adrian Cowell
- 1986: Hugh Miles
- 1987: Colin Willock
- 1988: Dr Bradford Washburn[6]
- 1989: Adrian Warren
- 1990: Julian Pettifer
- 1991: Peter Jones
- 1992: Mark Edwards[7]
- 1993: Douglas Allan[8]
- 1994: Jonathan Scott[9]
- 1995: Paul Harris[10]
- 1996: Alastair Fothergill[11]
- 1997: Adrian Arbib[12]
- 1998: Professor Jonathan Kingdon
- 1999: Dr Martha Holmes
- 2000: Carol Beckwith/ Angela Fisher[13]
- 2001: Les Hiddins
- 2002: Tony Foster[14]
- 2003: not awarded
- 2004: Pat Keough and Rosemarie Keough[15]
- 2005: Michael Martin[16]
- 2006: not awarded
- 2007: not awarded
- 2008: not awarded
- 2009: Simon King
- 2010: Frans Lanting[17]
- 2011: Dale Templar[18]
- 2012: Andy Rouse[19]
- 2013: Yann Arthus-Bertrand[20]
- 2014: Jens Bjerre[21]
- 2015: Sebastião Salgado
- 2016: Wendy Darke[22]
- 2017: Harry Hook[23]
- 2018: Andy Goldsworthy
- 2019: Tacita Dean[24]
See also[edit]
- List of general science and technology awards
- List of European art awards
- List of geography awards
- List of photography awards
- List of awards named after people
References[edit]
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- ^ "Sir David Attenborough, biography, bibliography, prizes and awards, festival appearances". literaryfestivals.co.uk.
- ^ "Pam Harrison". The Zoological Photographic Club.
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- ^ "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".
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- ^ "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.