Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Geographical_Society_with_the_Institute_of_British_Geographers

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:charity gptkb:learned_society
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:RGS-IBG
gptkbp:address	gptkb:1_Kensington_Gore,_London,_SW7_2AR,_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:archiveType	contains extensive manuscript collections contains over 1 million maps contains over 500,000 photographs
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Alfred_Steers_Dissertation_Prize gptkb:Back_Award gptkb:Busk_Medal gptkb:Cuthbert_Peek_Award gptkb:Geographical_Award gptkb:Murchison_Award gptkb:Ordnance_Survey_Award gptkb:Patron's_Medal gptkb:Taylor_&_Francis_Award gptkb:Victoria_Medal gptkb:Area_Prize gptkb:Founder's_Medal
gptkbp:book	contains over 2 million items
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:fellowship	gptkb:FRGS
gptkbp:founded	1830
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers
gptkbp:location	gptkb:London
gptkbp:membership	over 16,000
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Institute_of_British_Geographers
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Sir_Ernest_Shackleton gptkb:Sir_John_Barrow gptkb:Sir_Edmund_Hillary gptkb:Sir_George_Everest gptkb:Sir_John_Franklin gptkb:Sir_Ranulph_Fiennes gptkb:Freya_Stark gptkb:Gertrude_Bell gptkb:Mary_Kingsley gptkb:Sir_Clements_Markham gptkb:Sir_Francis_Younghusband gptkb:Sir_Halford_Mackinder gptkb:Sir_Richard_Francis_Burton gptkb:Sir_Roderick_Murchison gptkb:Sir_Wilfred_Thesiger gptkb:David_Livingstone
gptkbp:patronage	gptkb:Charles_III
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Sir_John_Barrow gptkb:Sir_George_Everest gptkb:Nigel_Clifford gptkb:Sir_Clements_Markham gptkb:Sir_Halford_Mackinder gptkb:Sir_Roderick_Murchison
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:region gptkb:The_Geographical_Journal gptkb:Transactions_of_the_Institute_of_British_Geographers gptkb:Geographical_Magazine Geographical Geography Directions
gptkbp:purpose	advancement of geographical science
gptkbp:website	https://www.rgs.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Institute_of_British_Geographers
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6