Royal Geographical Society

During her twenty years in France EW she gave birth to two daughters (one of whom died of scarlet fever), and at least three sons. One of these, Charles , later became her collaborator on...

FS was awarded the Royal Geographical Society 's Back Memorial Grant for her work in Persia. She was the third woman to receive this award.

Since FS properly identified several mountains and villages for the first time, this journey marked the beginning of her reputation as a traveller and cartographer. She later wrote up her expedition for the Royal Geographical Society

Through Venetia Buddicom , she met Sir Henry Lawrence , former acting governor of Bombay, who in turn introduced her to Lionel Smith and Arthur Hinks , the latter of whom was Secretary to the...

Stark received the Royal Geographical Society 's Founder's Gold Medal for her efforts, though the trip was marred from an early stage by the travellers' physical illnesses and personal conflicts. However, Stark left having pinpointed...

Recommended by the Book Society and the Book Guild , The Southern Gates of Arabia also received high praise in the Daily Telegraph, among other papers. FS , rather surprisingly, was compared to Jane Austen

This volume covers the years 1928-33, during which FS established her reputation both as a traveller (winning the Back Memorial Grant of the Royal Geographical Society and the Burton Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society

The Royal Geographical Society of Britain awarded MS its Victoria Gold Medal.

In 2007 she sat on the panel judging the Eric Gregory awards for new writing. In 2008 she became the first writer in residence at Somerset House and the first poet in residence for the...

DM is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society , and also belongs to the Royal Asiatic Society and the Tibet Society .

Shortly after her expedition to Siberia, KM was one of the first cohort of women elected to fellowships of the Royal Geographical Society , at a time when she was putting substantial effort into...

She was buried in an unmarked grave at Hillingdon Cemetery. After she died, Emily Norris described her in a private letter as the noblest and best of women. Norris donated a portrait...

EKM belonged to the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in London, and to the Club des Explorateurs in Paris.

EKM published a number of introductions or contributions to the works of others: about ski-ing, sailing, travel, and her philosophy of travel. She wrote articles for the Royal Society for Central Asian Studies and the...

What was worse, in Kingsley's opinion, was that she was sensationalized as a New Woman. She was also frequently faced with offers to join academic societies, such as the Royal Geographical Society ...