The Charles P. Daly Medal is awarded to individuals by the American Geographical Society (AGS) "for valuable or distinguished geographical services or labors." The medal was established in 1902.[1] This medal was originally designed by Victor D. Brenner, but the destruction of the dies caused the medal to be redesigned in 1924 by Brenda Putnam.
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History
editCharles P. Daly was President of the AGS from 1864 until September 19, 1899. However, during this time he rose to prominence in New York State as a Judge on the Court of Common Pleas and became Chief Justice in 1871. In 1902, Daly’s willed funds were used to establish this medal.[2]
Recipients
editSource: American Geographical Society
- 1902: Robert E. Peary
- 1906: Thorvald Thoroddsen
- 1908: George Davidson
- 1909: Charles Chaille-Long, William W. Rockhill
- 1910: Grove Karl Gilbert
- 1912: Roald Amundsen
- 1913: Alfred Hulse Brooks
- 1914: Albrecht Penck
- 1915: Paul Vidal de la Blache
- 1917: George G. Chisholm
- 1918: Vilhjalmur Stefansson
- 1920: George Otis Smith
- 1922: Adolphus Washington Greely, Ernest de K. Leffingwell, Sir Francis Younghusband
- 1924: Claude H. Birdseye, Knud Rasmussen
- 1925: Robert A. Bartlett, David L. Brainard
- 1927: Alois Musil
- 1929: Emile Felix Gautier, Filippo De Filippi
- 1930: Nelson H. Darton, Lauge Koch, Joseph B. Tyrrell
- 1931: Gunnar Isachsen
- 1935: Roy Chapman Andrews
- 1938: Alexander Forbes
- 1939: Herbert John Fleure
- 1940: Carl Ortwin Sauer
- 1941: Julio Garzon Nieto
- 1943: Sir Halford J. Mackinder
- 1948: Henri Baulig
- 1950: Laurence Dudley Stamp
- 1952: James Mann Wordie
- 1954: John Kirtland Wright
- 1956: Raoul Blanchard
- 1959: Richard Hartshorne
- 1961: Theodore Monod
- 1962: Osborn Maitland Miller
- 1963: Henry Clifford Darby
- 1964: Jean Gottmann
- 1965: William Skinner Cooper
- 1966: Torsten Hägerstrand
- 1967: Marston Bates
- 1968: O. H. K. Spate
- 1969: Paul B. Sears, William O. Field
- 1971: Gilbert F. White
- 1973: Walter Sullivan
- 1974: Walter A. Wood
- 1978: Roman Drazniowsky
- 1985: Wolfgang Meckelein
- 1986: Donald W. Meinig
- 1991: Robert P. Sharp
- 1999: John R. Mather
- 2011: Mary Lynne Bird
- 2016: Robert Kates
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Charles P. Daly Medal". The American Geographical Society. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "The Charles P. Daly Medal" Archived 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. American Geographical Society. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
Further reading
edit- "Geographers Get Medals of Honor". The New York Times. 1930-02-26.
- "Young husband Gets Daly Medal". The New York Times. 1922-07-22.
- "Ex-Director Wins Medal Of Geographical Society". The New York Times. 1954-08-03.