Award from the Royal Geographical Society
TheBack Award , also referred to as theBack Grant , was first given by theRoyal Geographical Society in 1882 for "applied or scientific geographical studies which make an outstanding contribution to the development of national or international public policy"[ 1]
It is named after the notable Arctic explorer Admiral SirGeorge Back .
1882Henry E. O'Neill , towards the purchase of instruments for explorations between Mozambique and Lake Nyasa. 1883 L'AbbéÉmile Petitot , for his researches in the region of the great lakes of the American Arctic basin 1884 Emil Boss, for mountaineering in the unknown peaks of New Zealand and the Himalayas 1885W. O. Hodgkinson , for three great journeys of exploration in Australia 1886 SergeantDavid Legge Brainard , for his services rendered on the American Arctic Expedition of 1881-1884. 1887Sarat Chandra Das , for his researches in Tibet 1888No award 1889F.C. Selous , for geographical work in his journey inMashonaland and north of the Zambesi. 1890No award 1891 W.J. Steines 1892 RevdJames Sibree 1893No award 1894 Capt. H.J. Snow, for his rectification of the map of theKurile Islands 1895 Capt. C.A. Larsen, For his observations during his Antarctic voyage in 1894 1896Joseph Burr Tyrrell , for his two expeditions in the Barren Grounds of North-East Canada 1897 Lieut.Carl Ryder , for his explorations in East Greenland in 1891 and subsequent years 1898 George P. Tate, for his survey work in Afghanistan, Baluchistan, especially Makran, Aden, and on the Indus 1899 Capt.Percy Molesworth Sykes , for his three journeys through Persia. 1900Robert Edward Codrington , for his journey in the region between Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika 1901 Capt.William Colbeck , for his survey work in Victoria Land and during the voyage of theSouthern Cross . 1902 Lieut. Georg Carl Amdrup, for his two voyages of exploration to the east coast of Greenland. 1903 Dr. W.G. Smith, for his investigations into the geographical distribution of vegetation in Yorkshire 1904Marc Aurel Stein , for his valuable geographical work in Central Asia 1905 Capt.Philip Maud , for valuable survey work along the Southern border of Abyssinia in 1903 1906 Maj Richard George Tyndall Bright, for his eight and a half years' exploring in the Sudan, Uganda, and East Africa. 1907C.E. Moss , for his important researches on geographical distribution of vegetation in England 1908 Lieut.G.E.A. Mulock , for his survey work on theNational Antarctic Expedition , and for his long continued work in preparing the six sheets of Antarctic Charts 1909 Rai Sahib Lal Singh, for survey work iu Central Asia under Dr. Stein. 1910 Hanns Vischer, for crossing the Sahara from Kukawa, near Lake Chad to Tripoli 1911 DrArthur Neve , for his study of the physical geography and glaciology of the Himalayas. 1912L.A. Wallace , for his exploration of the Tanganyika plateau and the country round it. 1913 William Singer Barclay, for his geographical work in South America. 1914Ignazio Nicolas Dracopoli , for his survey of theSonoran Desert and his expedition to theLorian Swamp 1915C.W. Hobley , for his work in Tanganyika 1916Frank Wild , for his work as a Polar explorer 1917 RevWalter Weston 1918 Capt.Robert Abram Bartlett , for his leadership after the loss ofHMCS Karluk 1919 Ven. ArchdeaconHudson Stuck , for the first ascent ofMount McKinley 1920James M. Wordie , for Polar exploration 1921Marion Newbigin 1922 Khan Bahadur Sher Jang 1923 Bolton Glanvill Corney 1924M. C. Lester , for his expedition toGraham Land , 1920-22 1925 Capt.Joseph-Elzéar Bernier 1926 Khan Sahib Afraz Gul Khan 1927George Binney 1928 Capt. Albert H. MacCarthy, for first ascent ofMount Logan , 1925 1929 Philips Christiaan Visser 1930Mrs Gordon-Gallien 1931 Col. Rowe 1932 H. Clutterbuck 1933Freya Stark 1934 DrD.N. Wadia 1935Wilfred Thesiger 1936 Mohammad Ayub Khan 1937 Thomas Hay 1938L.R. Wager 1939 Lieut-Cmndr R.E.D. Ryder 1940Gerald Seligman 1941Alfred Stephenson 1942 Srgn-CmmdrGeorge Murray Levick 1942–46Not awarded 1947 Lieut-ColAndrew Croft 1948A.J. "Jock" Marshall 1949Brian Birley Roberts 1950 Richard George Goodchild 1951Joseph Newell Jennings 1952 Henry Francis Porter Herdman 1953G. de Q. Robin 1954 CmmdrG.S. Ritchie 1955 Capt. O.C.S. Robinson 1956 Richard Hamilton 1957 DrR.J. Harrison Church 1958 Bertrand Imbert 1959 David Stratton 1960 A.T. Grove 1961 Eric H. Brown 1962B.W. Sparks 1963 Tony John Chandler 1964 Dr Keith M. Clayton 1965 Lieut-Cmmdr J.B. Dixon 1966 Dr S. Evans 1967 Prof.Sigurður Þórarinsson ,‘for contributions to vulcanology’ 1968 DrJohn D. Woods 1969 A.J. Lee 1970 Dr Nic C Flemming 1971 DrClaudio Vita-Finzi 1972 DrDavid R. Harris 1973 Professor J Leonard 1974 CaptainDavid William Haslam OBE RN 1975 ProfessorHarold Chillingworth Brookfield 1976 Dr Keith J Miller 1977 ProfessorRonald Cooke 1978 DrAndrew Warren 1979 Professor John B. Sissons 1980 ProfessorKenneth Gregory 1981 Dr Bruce Atkinson 1982 Dr Edward Derbyshire 1983 Dr W B Whalley 1984 Dr John R.G. Townshend 1985 Dr Desmond E. Walling 1986 Professor John Dawson 1987 DrStan Openshaw 1988 DrDenis Cosgrove 1989 DrRichard Battarbee 1990 MrRex Walford 1991 Dr Allan Findlay 1992 Professor Paul Mather 1993 ProfessorLinda Newson 1994 Mr Michael Eden 1995 Lt ColJ. O. M. Roberts 1996 Dr Rory Walsh 1997 ProfessorDavid N. Livingstone 1998 ProfessorJamie Peck 1999 ProfessorMichael Batty 2000 DrSusan Owens 2001 ProfessorLinda McDowell 2002 Professor Andrew Gillespie,‘for contribution to research linked to public policy on the role of information technologies in supporting and encouraging local change’ 2003 Eleanor Rawling 2004 Professor Rob Imrie 2005 Dr Andrew Brookes 2006 Professor Graham Haughton 2007 Professor Mike Bradshaw 2008 Professor Richard Black 2009 ProfessorDanny Dorling 2010 ProfessorChris Hamnett 2011 Professor Edmund Penning-Rowsell 2012 ProfessorSimon I. Hay 2013 ProfessorJane Wills 2014 Professor David Gibbs 2015 Professor David Martin 2016 ProfessorColin Thorne 2017 ProfessorHarriet Bulkeley , "for contributions to the shaping of international policy on climate change" 2018 ProfessorHester Parr , "for contributions at the interface of geographical research and policy"[ 2] 2019 ProfessorFrank Tanser , "for research that has shaped national health policies in developing countries"[ 3] 2020 ProfessorAndy Tatem 2021 ProfessorTerry Marsden 2022 ProfessorFiona McConnell 2023Jane Rumble OBE 2024 ProfessorPeter Hopkins
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