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His MAJESTY THE KING has approved the following awards of the Royal Medals of the Royal Geographical Society: Founder's Medal to Mr. G. W. Murray, director of desert surveys, Egypt, for his long-continued explorations and surveys in the deserts of Sinai and eastern Egypt; for his studies of Badawin tribes, and his unstinted help to desert expeditions; Patron's Medal to Major R. E. Cheesman, for valuable service to geography during nine years residence in north-west Ethiopia, including reconnaissance and surveys of the course of the Blue Nile and exploration of Lake Tana and its islands. The Council of the Society has made the following awards: Victoria Medal to Dr. Stanley Kemp, for his work in surveys of the Southern Ocean; Murchison Grant to Mr. Michael Leahy, for his explorations of Central New Guinea; Back Grant to Muhammad Ayub Khan, for his surveys on three expeditions under the leadership of Sir Aurel Stein in East Persia, 1931-34; Cuthbert Peek Grant to Mr. T. H. Harrisson, to assist him in his proposed expedition to New Guinea; Gill Memorial to Lieut. A. L. Nelson, for his charts of the South Sandwich Group, South Orkneys, and South Shetlands.
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Royal Geographical Society: Medals and Grants. Nature 137, 1027–1028 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/1371027f0
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