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Royal Geographical Society

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1830.

Official Website:
http://www.rgs.org/

Founding Date:
1830

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Hiram Bingham Politician 19-Nov-1875 6-Jun-1956 US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu
Sir Richard Burton Explorer 19-Mar-1821 20-Oct-1890 Translated The Arabian Nights
E. J. H. Corner Botanist 12-Jan-1906 14-Sep-1996 Durian theory
Clive Cussler Author 15-Jul-1931   Raising the Titanic
George Everest Explorer 4-Jul-1790 1-Dec-1866 Namesake of Mt. Everest
Steve Fossett Aviator 22-Apr-1944 3-Sep-2007 First to cross Pacific in a balloon
Mark G. Hambley Diplomat 12-Feb-1948   US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1993-94
Thomas Henry Huxley Scientist 24-May-1825 29-Jun-1895 Debated Wilberforce over evolution
Donald Johanson Anthropologist 28-Jun-1943   Discovered "Lucy" fossils
David Livingstone Explorer 19-Mar-1813 1-May-1873 Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Mark Moody-Stuart Business 15-Sep-1940   Chairman of Anglo American
Alan Mowbray Actor 18-Aug-1896 25-Mar-1969 Founding member, Screen Actors Guild
Hormuzd Rassam Archaeologist 1826 16-Sep-1910 Discovered Epic of Gilgamesh
Charles Stewart Rolls Business 27-Aug-1877 12-Jul-1910 Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Richard Rudgley Author 19-Feb-1961   The Alchemy of Culture
Ernest Shackleton Explorer 15-Feb-1874 5-Jan-1922 Antarctic explorer
Lowell Thomas Journalist 6-Apr-1892 29-Aug-1981 With Lawrence in Arabia
Roger Wheeler Military 1943   Head of the British Army, 1997-2000
Leona Woods Physicist 9-Aug-1919 10-Nov-1986 Physicist at University of Chicago

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