Charles P. Daly Medal
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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. 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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American Geographical Society
The American Geographical Society is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City. Most fellows of the society are Americans, but among them have always been a significant number of fellows from around the world...
(AGS) "for valuable or distinguished geographical services or labors." The medal was established in 1902. 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
Brenda Putnam
Brenda Putnam Noted American sculptor and author. Born into a well connected family, she was the daughter of Herbert Putnam and granddaughter of George Palmer Putnam.Her work can be seen at Syracuse University's Carnegie Library....
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History
Charles 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.Recipients
The following people received the award in the year specified:- 1902: Robert E. Peary
- 1906: Thorvald Thoroddsen
- 1908: George DavidsonGeorge Davidson (geographer)George Davidson was an geodesist, astronomer, geographer, surveyor and engineer in the United States.-Biography:Born May 9, 1825 in England, he came to the U.S. in 1832 with his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania...
- 1909: Charles Chaille-LongCharles Chaillé-LongCharles Chaillé-Long was an American soldier from Maryland, active in East Africa and Egypt.He fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War, taking part in the battle of Gettysburg. He enlisted as a private, and finished the war with the rank of Captain.He took a commission as...
, William W. Rockhill - 1910: Grove Karl GilbertGrove Karl GilbertGrove Karl Gilbert , known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert in academic literature, was an American geologist....
- 1912: Roald AmundsenRoald AmundsenRoald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
- 1913: Alfred Hulse BrooksAlfred Hulse BrooksAlfred Hulse Brooks was an American Geologist and served as chief geologist for Alaska for the United States Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924. He was a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan and graduated from Harvard University in 1894...
- 1914: Albrecht PenckAlbrecht PenckAlbrecht Penck , was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck.Born in Reudnitz near Leipzig, Penck became a university professor in Vienna from 1885 to 1906, and in Berlin from 1906 to 1927. There he was also the director of the Institute and Museum for Oceanography by 1918...
- 1915: Paul Vidal de la BlachePaul Vidal de la BlachePaul Vidal de la Blache was a French geographer. He is considered to be the founder of the modern French geography and also the founder of the French School of Geopolitics...
- 1917: George G. ChisholmGeorge Chisholm (geographer)George Chisholm was a British geographer. He authored the first English-language textbook on economic geography: Handbook on Commercial Geography . It was later revised by Kenneth Stamp....
- 1918: Vilhjalmur StefanssonVilhjalmur StefanssonVilhjalmur Stefansson was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist.-Early life:Stefansson, born William Stephenson, was born at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, in 1879. His parents had emigrated from Iceland to Manitoba two years earlier...
- 1920: George Otis SmithGeorge Otis SmithGeorge Otis Smith was an American geologist.-Life and career:Smith was born in Hodgdon, Maine. He graduated from Colby College in 1893 and earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1896. He served as director of United States Geological Survey from 1907 to 1922 and 1923 to 1930...
- 1922: Adolphus Washington Greely, Ernest de K. LeffingwellErnest de Koven LeffingwellErnest de Koven Leffingwell was an arctic explorer, geologist and Spanish-American War veteran.During the period from 1906 to 1914, Leffingwell spent 9 summers and 6 winters on the Arctic coast of Alaska, making 31 trips by dog sled and/or small boats. He created the first accurate map of a large...
, Sir Francis Younghusband - 1924: Claude H. Birdseye, Knud Rasmussen
- 1925: Robert A. Bartlett, David L. Brainard
- 1927: Alois MusilAlois MusilAlois Musil was an Austro-Hungarian and Czech theologist, orientalist, explorer and writer.Musil was the oldest son born into the family of a poor farmer...
- 1929: Emile Felix GautierÉmile Félix GautierÉmile-Félix Gautier or Gauthier was a French geographer.He focused on northern Africa, especially Algiers, Madagascar, the Sahara desert, and the territories of French Africa....
, Filippo de FilippiFilippo de FilippiFilippo de Filippi was an Italian doctor, traveler and zoologist.Filippo De Filippi was born in Pavia. He succeeded Giuseppe Gené as professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Turin... - 1930: Nelson H. Darton, Lauge KochLauge KochLauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.He was the renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland, and the central character in the Lauge Koch Controversy, an international and intra-national conflict...
, Joseph B. Tyrrell - 1931: Gunnar IsachsenGunnar IsachsenGunnerius Ingvald Isachsen , was a Norwegian military officer and polar scientist. From 1923, he was the first president of the Norwegian Maritime Museum.-Early years:...
- 1935: Roy Chapman AndrewsRoy Chapman AndrewsRoy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the fragmented China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia...
- 1938: Alexander ForbesAlexander ForbesAlexander Forbes was a 19th century Scottish merchant, explorer, and author. His book California: A History of Upper and Lower California, published in 1839, is perhaps the first full account in English of California. He is the brother of distinguished Scottish physician Sir John Forbes.Forbes...
- 1939: Herbert John FleureHerbert John FleureHerbert John Fleure FRS , was a zoologist and geographer. He was secretary of the Geographical Association, editor of Geography, and President of the Cambrian Archaeological Association.-Early years:...
- 1940: Carl Ortwin Sauer
- 1941: Julio Garzon Nieto
- 1943: Sir Halford J. Mackinder
- 1948: Henri Baulig
- 1950: Laurence Dudley StampLaurence Dudley StampSir Dudley Stamp, CBE, DSc, D. Litt, LLD, Ekon D, DSc Nat , was professor of geography at Rangoon and London, and one of the internationally best known British geographers of the 20th century....
- 1952: James Mann Wordie
- 1954: John Kirtland WrightJohn Kirtland WrightJohn Kirtland Wright was an American geographer, notable for his cartography, geosophy, and study of the history of geographical thought. He was the son of classical scholar John Henry Wright and novelist Mary Tappan Wright, and the brother of legal scholar and utopian novelist Austin Tappan...
- 1956: Raoul Blanchard
- 1959: Richard HartshorneRichard HartshorneRichard Hartshorne was a prominent American geographer. He completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University and his doctorate at the University of Chicago , then taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin , with war-time interruption to...
- 1961: Theodore MonodThéodore MonodThéodore André Monod was a French naturalist, explorer, and humanist scholar.-Exploration:...
- 1962: Osborn Maitland Miller
- 1963: Henry Clifford Darby
- 1964: Jean GottmannJean GottmannJean Gottmann FRS was a French geographer who was most widely known for his seminal study on the urban region of the Northeast Megalopolis. His main contributions to human geography were in the sub-fields of urban, political, economic, historical and regional geography...
- 1965: William Skinner CooperWilliam Skinner CooperWilliam Skinner Cooper was an American ecologist.Cooper received his B.S. in 1906 from Alma College in Michigan. In 1909, he entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he studied with Henry Chandler Cowles, and completed his Ph.D. in 1911...
- 1966: Torsten HagerstrandTorsten HägerstrandTorsten Hägerstrand , was a Swedish geographer. He is known for his work on migration, cultural diffusion and time geography....
- 1967: Marston BatesMarston BatesMarston Bates was an American zoologist. Bates' studies on mosquitoes contributed to the understanding of the epidemiology of yellow fever in northern South America....
- 1968: O. H. K. Spate
- 1969: Paul B. Sears, William O. Field
- 1971: Gilbert F. WhiteGilbert F. WhiteGilbert Fowler White was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "leading environmental geographer of the 20th century"...
- 1973: Walter SullivanWalter S. SullivanWalter Seager Sullivan, Jr was considered the "dean" of science writers.Sullivan spent most of his career as a science reporter for the New York Times...
- 1974: Walter A. WoodWalter A. WoodWalter Abbott Wood was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Mason, New Hampshire, Wood moved to New York in 1816 with his parents, who settled in Rensselaerville...
- 1978: Roman Drazniowsky
- 1985: Wolfgang Meckelein
- 1986: Donald W. Meinig
- 1991: Robert P. Sharp
- 1999: John R. Mather