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in 1882 for "applied or scientific geographical studies which make an outstanding contribution to the development of national or international public policy"
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1906 Maj Richard George Tyndall Bright, for his eight and a half years' exploring in the Sudan, Uganda, and East Africa.
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1898 George P. Tate, for his survey work in Afghanistan, Baluchistan, especially Makran, Aden, and on the Indus
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1903 Dr. W.G. Smith, for his investigations into the geographical distribution of vegetation in Yorkshire
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1902 Lieut. Georg Carl Amdrup, for his two voyages of exploration to the east coast of Greenland.
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1884 Emil Boss, for mountaineering in the unknown peaks of New Zealand and the Himalayas
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1910 Hanns Vischer, for crossing the Sahara from Kukawa, near Lake Chad to Tripoli
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1895 Capt. C.A. Larsen, For his observations during his Antarctic voyage in 1894
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1909 Rai Sahib Lal Singh, for survey work iu Central Asia under Dr. Stein.
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1913 William Singer Barclay, for his geographical work in South America.
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1894 Capt. H.J. Snow, for his rectification of the map of the
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1928 Capt. Albert H. MacCarthy, for first ascent of
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Mashonaland
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Kurile Islands
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