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His MAJESTY THE KING has approved the award of the Royal medals as follows: Founder's medal to Mr. Hugh Ruttledge for his journeys in the Kumaon and Garwhal Himalaya extending over eight years and his leadership of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1933; Patron's medal to Capt. Ejnar Mikkelsen, for his explorations in the Arctic between 1900 and 1912 and for his work in Eskimo re-settlement on the east coast of Greenland. The Council has made the fol lowing awards: Victoria medal to Mr. Edward Heawood, for his work on the history of geography and cartography and his devoted service to the Society as its librarian; Murchison grant to Mr. John RymiH, for his work in Greenland and leadership of the party after the death of Mr. H. G. Watkins on his second expedition; Back grant to Dr. D. N. Wadia, for his studies of the Himalayan axis and other problems of Indian geomdrphology of import ance to geographers; Cuthberi Peek grant to Mr. Edward Shackleton, to assist him in his proposed expedition to Ellesmere Land; Gill memorialto Mr. W. B. K. Shaw, for his explorations and studies in the Libyan desert.
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Royal Geographical Society's Awards. Nature 133, 492–493 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133492d0
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