The Cherry Kearton Medal and Award is an honour bestowed by the Royal Geographical Society on "a traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinematography". It is named for nature photographer Cherry Kearton and was launched in 1967.
Recipients
Source: Royal Geographic Society
- 1970 (1970): Henry Hamilton Beamish OBE
- 1971 (1971): Eugen Schuhmacher
- 1972 (1972): David Attenborough CBE
- 1973 (1973): Heinz Sielmann
- 1974 (1974): Des Bartlett/ Jen Bartlett
- 1975 (1975): Eric Ashby
- 1976 (1976): Dr Pamela Harrison
- 1977 (1977): Jeffrey Boswall
- 1978 (1978): Anthony Smith
- 1979 (1979): Rick Mason
- 1980 (1980): David Hughes
- 1981 (1981): Barry Paine
- 1982 (1982): Hugh Falkus
- 1983 (1983): Mike Andrews
- 1984 (1984): The Hon Lucinda Buxton
- 1985 (1985): Adrian Cowell
- 1986 (1986): Hugh Miles
- 1987 (1987): Colin Willock
- 1988 (1988): Dr Bradford Washburn
- 1989 (1989): Adrian Warren
- 1990 (1990): Julian Pettifer
- 1991 (1991): Peter Jones
- 1992 (1992): Mark Edwards
- 1993 (1993): Douglas Allan
- 1994 (1994): Jonathan Scott
- 1995 (1995): Paul Harris
- 1996 (1996): Alastair Fothergill
- 1997 (1997): Adrian Arbib
- 1998 (1998): Professor Jonathan Kingdon
- 1999 (1999): Dr Martha Holmes
- 2000 (2000): Carol Beckwith/ Angela Fisher
- 2001 (2001): Les Hiddins
- 2002 (2002): Tony Foster
- 2003 (2003): not awarded
- 2004 (2004): Pat Keough and Rosemarie Keough
- 2005 (2005): Michael Martin
- 2006 (2006): not awarded
- 2007 (2007): not awarded
- 2008 (2008): not awarded
- 2009 (2009): Simon King
- 2010 (2010): Frans Lanting
- 2011 (2011): Dale Templar
- 2012 (2012): Andy Rouse
- 2013 (2013): Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- 2014 (2014): Jens Bjerre
- 2015 (2015): Sebastião Salgado
- 2016 (2016): Wendy Darke
- 2017 (2017): Harry Hook
- 2018 (2018): Andy Goldsworthy
- 2019 (2019): Tacita Dean
- 2020 (2020): Steve McCurry
- 2021 (2021): David Coulson
- 2022 (2022): Nicholas Jones
- 2023 (2023): Harriet Fraser and Rob Fraser
- 2024 (2024): Leon McCarron
See also
- List of general science and technology awards
- List of European art awards
- List of geography awards
- List of photography awards
- List of awards named after people
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