Year Name Citation (where known) 1954 Charles W.M. Swithinbank[4] for research in Antarctic glaciology 1955 Ernest Frederick Roots[5] 1956 1957 1958 Anthony Gerald Bomford 1959 J. Homes Miller[6][7] George W. Marsh [8] (jointly) Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1960 Raymond John Adie[9] 1961 Robin Hanbury-Tenison[10][11] 1962 1963 John Baird Tyson[12] 1964 Dennis Alexander Ardus [13] 1965 David Stoddart[14] 1966 1967 Peter Opie-Smith[15] for geodetic surveys in the Solomon Islands 1968 1969 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 Nick Middleton 2003 Ray Mears 2004 John Hare for raising public awareness and conservation of endangered wild camels in Mongolia and China 2005 Neil Laughton[16] 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 for popularising geography and the understanding of Britain 2015 Robert Macfarlane in recognition of his work in communicating 'geography to a wide public by means of writing about nature, landscape and place[17] 2016 Andrea Wulf for popularising the histories of geography and of scientific botanical exploration via her book The Invention of Nature 2017 Kathleen Jamie for outstanding creative writing at the confluence of travel, nature and culture[18] 2018 Rory Stewart, MP for the popularisation of geography through the media 2019 Dervla Murphy for the popularisation of geography through travel literature[19]