RGS

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RGS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Royal Geographical Society, the United Kingdom’s leading learned society and professional body for geography and geographers.

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instanceOf charity
learned society
professional body
abbreviation RGS
awardsTitle Chartered Geographer
country United Kingdom
field geography
focus geographers
geography
formerPatron Queen Victoria
formerPresident Halford Mackinder
Sir Clements Markham
Sir Roderick Murchison
linked to: Roderick Murchison
foundedIn 1830
foundedInCentury 19th century
foundingLocation London
linked to: London, England
fullName Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
grantsAward Founders’ Medal
Patrons’ Medal
Royal Medals
linked to: Royal Medal
grantsCharteredStatusFor Chartered Geographer
hasAbbreviation RGS-IBG
hasCollectionType artefacts
artworks
manuscripts
maps
photographs
headquartersBorough City of Westminster
headquartersBuilding RGS-IBG headquarters, Kensington Gore
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
language English
locatedNear Royal Albert Hall
locatedOn Kensington Gore
mergedWith Institute of British Geographers
mergerYear 1995
organizes conferences
expeditions
lectures
patron monarch of the United Kingdom
publishes Area
Geo: Geography and Environment
The Geographical Journal
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
regionServed United Kingdom
worldwide
supports expeditions
fieldwork
geographical research
website https://www.rgs.org/

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Royal Geographical Society abbreviation RGS
subject linked to: RGS