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THE Royal Geographical Society of London having taken into consideration the fact that a knowledge of geographical facts, and still more a knowledge of the science of geography, is not so common among educated persons as it ought to be, determined, about two years ago, to offer prizes in the shape of gold and bronze medals, to be competed for by boys from certain selected public schools. The principle which governed the choice of the schools, was the number of boys who were receiving education therein; no school having less than 200 boys being chosen for the competition.
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CHESSAR, J. Prize Medals of the Royal Geographical Society. Nature 2, 109–110 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002109a0
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