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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

Source: Royal Geographic Society

1970 (1970): Henry Hamilton Beamish OBE
1971 (1971): Eugen Schuhmacher
1972 (1972): David Attenborough CBE^[4]
1973 (1973): Heinz Sielmann
1974 (1974): Des Bartlett/ Jen Bartlett
1975 (1975): Eric Ashby
1976 (1976): Dr Pamela Harrison^[5]
1977 (1977): Jeffrey Boswall
1978 (1978): Anthony Smith
1979 (1979): Rick Mason
1980 (1980): David Hughes
1981 (1981): Barry Paine
1982 (1982): Hugh Falkus
1983 (1983): Mike Andrews
1984 (1984): The Hon Lucinda Buxton
1985 (1985): Adrian Cowell
1986 (1986): Hugh Miles
1987 (1987): Colin Willock
1988 (1988): Dr Bradford Washburn^[6]
1989 (1989): Adrian Warren
1990 (1990): Julian Pettifer
1991 (1991): Peter Jones
1992 (1992): Mark Edwards^[7]
1993 (1993): Douglas Allan^[8]
1994 (1994): Jonathan Scott^[9]
1995 (1995): Paul Harris^[10]
1996 (1996): Alastair Fothergill^[11]
1997 (1997): Adrian Arbib^[12]
1998 (1998): Professor Jonathan Kingdon
1999 (1999): Dr Martha Holmes
2000 (2000): Carol Beckwith/ Angela Fisher^[13]
2001 (2001): Les Hiddins
2002 (2002): Tony Foster^[14]
2003 (2003): not awarded
2004 (2004): Pat Keough and Rosemarie Keough^[15]
2005 (2005): Michael Martin^[16]
2006 (2006): not awarded
2007 (2007): not awarded
2008 (2008): not awarded
2009 (2009): Simon King
2010 (2010): Frans Lanting^[17]
2011 (2011): Dale Templar^[18]
2012 (2012): Andy Rouse^[19]
2013 (2013): Yann Arthus-Bertrand^[20]
2014 (2014): Jens Bjerre^[21]
2015 (2015): Sebastião Salgado
2016 (2016): Wendy Darke^[22]
2017 (2017): Harry Hook^[23]
2018 (2018): Andy Goldsworthy
2019 (2019): Tacita Dean^[24]
2020 (2020): Steve McCurry
2021 (2021): David Coulson
2022 (2022): Nicholas Jones^[25]
2023 (2023): Harriet Fraser and Rob Fraser
2024 (2024): Leon McCarron

References

^ "Medals & Awards" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ "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.

[MA-1] "Medals & Awards" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[2] "Developing Areas Research Group (DARG)". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[3] "Cherry Kearton: Biography of a Wildlife Photographer | Nature Blog". Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[4] "Sir David Attenborough, biography, bibliography, prizes and awards, festival appearances". literaryfestivals.co.uk.

[5] "Pam Harrison". The Zoological Photographic Club.

[6] "Washburn, Bradford – AAG". aag.org.

[7] "Pari Center for New Learning - Faculty". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[8] "The Explorers Club British Chapter". Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[9] "Patrons". colobusconservation.org.

[10] "Paul Harris Archived June 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine", National Trust Images.

[11] "'Bears': Enjoyable nature film –".

[12] "The Bardwell Press – Solsbury Hill". bardwell-press.com.

[13] "The Explorers Club". explorers.org.

[14] "Tony Foster: Searching for a Bigger Subject at Royal Watercolour Society", Art Daily.

[15] Award list for 2004 Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Royal Geographical Society.

[16] Award list for 2005 Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Royal Geographical Society.

[17] 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".

[18] "Heavenpublicity, Travel PR, Ski PR, Adventure PR - PARNERSHIPS". heavenpublicity.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[19] "Environment". The Daily Telegraph. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016.

[RGS2013-20] "2013 medals and awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[21] "Royal Geographical Society honours top geographers". storbritannien.um.dk/.

[22] "2016 medals and awards". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

[23] "2017 awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

[24] "Medals and award recipients announced". Royal Geographical Society. 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[25] "2022 awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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Cherry Kearton Medal and Award

Recipients

See also

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