Ness Award
The Ness Award is an annual award of the Royal Geographical Society to travellers, particularly those who have successfully popularised Geography and the wider understanding of our world and its environments. [1]
The first award was in 1970 to Dr John D Thornes.
Recipients
Source: RGS
| Year | Name | Citation (where known) |
| 1970 | Dr John D Thornes | |
| 1971 | Lieutenant Colonel J D C Peacock | |
| 1972 | Major David N Hall | |
| 1973 | Dr D J Moffat | |
| 1974 | Colonel J M Adam OBE, OStJ, FRCP Ian Douglas Hamilton | |
| 1975 | Adrian Thompson | |
| 1976 | Squadron Leader Tom Sheppard MBE | |
| 1977 | Lieutenant Colonel Harry R A Streather OBE | |
| 1978 | Miss F A Street | |
| 1979 | Nigel de Northop Winser | |
| 1980 | Richard Snailham | |
| 1981 | Chief Petty Officer S R Williams | |
| 1982 | Miss Shane Wesley-Smith | |
| 1983 | Roger Chapman MBE | |
| 1984 | Andy Eavis | |
| 1985 | Paul Vander-Molen | |
| 1986 | Dr Caroline Sargeant | |
| 1987 | Miss Nicola Bennett-Jones SRN | |
| 1988 | Dr John Matthews | |
| 1989 | Steve Bowles | |
| 1990 | Dick Willis | |
| 1991 | Dr Richard Crane | |
| 1992 | Mandip Singh Soin | |
| 1993 | Michael Asher | |
| 1994 | Alasdair Kennedy | |
| 1995 | Paul Salaman | |
| 1996 | Major Alastair Rogers | |
| 1997 | John Birdsall | |
| 1998 | Michael Palin | |
| 1999 | David Rattray | |
| 2000 | Nick Danziger | |
| 2001 | Peter Drake | |
| 2002 | Dr Nicholas Middleton | |
| 2003 | Ray Mears | |
| 2004 | John Hare | for raising public awareness and conservation of endangered wild camels in Mongolia and China |
| 2005 | Neil Laughton[2] | for leadership of expeditions and encouraging others to recognise their potential as travellers |
| 2006 | John Pilkington | for the popularisation of geography and the wider understanding of our world |
| 2007 | Paul Rose | for supporting and promoting the popular understanding of geography |
| 2008 | David Wright | for the popularisation of geography among young people |
| 2009 | Neil Oliver | for popularising and promoting understanding of the British coastal landscape |
| 2010 | Professor Iain Stewart | for popularising geography and earth sciences |
| 2011 | Colin Thubron CBE | for popularising geography through travel writing |
| 2012 | Simon Reeve | for popularising geography through television travel documentaries and writing |
| 2013 | Wade Davis | for popularising geography through writing about places, cultures and history |
| 2014 | Nicholas Crane | |
| 2015 | Robert Macfarlane | in recognition of his work in communicating 'geography to a wide public by means of writing about nature, landscape and place [3] |
References
- ↑ "Medals and awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Neil Laughton
- ↑ "Ness Award goes to Robert Macfarlane". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
External links
List of links to RGS awards winners
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