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ACCORDING to Science, the American Geographical Society has made the following awards: Cullum Geographical Medal for 1938 to Emmanuel de Martonne, professor of geography at the University of Paris; Charles P. Daly Medal for 1939 to Prof. H. J. Fleure, professor of geography in the University of Manchester; David Livingstone Centenary Medal for 1939 to John R. Rymill, in recognition of his scientific achievement and exploration in the southern hemisphere. The following have been made honorary members of the Society: Sir Wilfred Grenfell, for his contributions to geographical knowledge concerning the Labrador Peninsula; Prof. H. Baulig, professor of geography in the University of Strasbourg, and Prof. G. Dainelli, professor of geology and physical geography in the University of Florence. The following have been made corresponding members of the Society: E. Antevs, research associate of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Prof. L. L. Mecking, professor of geography at the University of Münster; W. E. Rudolph, a civil engineer who has carried out extensive explorations in South America; P. G. Schott, retired section chief of the Deutsche Seewarte and honorary professor in the University of Hamburg, and Dr. L. Dudley Stamp, reader in economic geography in the University of London and director of the Land Utilization Survey of Great Britain.
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American Geographical Society Awards. Nature 144, 199 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144199a0
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