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Judith Mansell (–2025)
Judy Mansell was a valued member of the Society's Education team until 2010, playing a key role in many new projects and programmes.
Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Robinson (1940-2025)
Lieutenant Colonel Guy ‘Phillip’ Graham Robinson was an experienced and resourceful Military Survey Officer and recipient of the Society's Cuthbert Peek Award in 1965.
Peter Haggett (1933-2025)
Professor Peter Haggett was a distinguished scholar and writer with a long career at the University of Bristol, which included former Acting Vice-Chancellor.
Professor David Rhind CBE (1943-2025)
Professor David Rhind CBE was a distinguished geographer, and author with many notable academic achievements.
John Massey Stewart (1932-2023)
John Massey Stewart was a writer, lecturer, photographer, environmental activist and authority on Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Dr Wiesam Essa (1975-2024)
Dr Wiesam Essa, a geographer at Al-Aqsa University in Palestine, was killed when his apartment block was badly damaged by Israeli bombs.
Dr Bev Holt (1936-2023)
Dr Beverley L Holt was a consultant anaethetist and longstanding Fellow of the Society who was Chief Medical Officer on a three year Society expedition, and many others around the globe.
John Bale
John's passion was sport, being himself a high-standard athlete, and he forged a highly distinctive stance on the geography of sports.
Professor Sir Gordon Conway (1938-2023)
Peter Cyril Byrne (1925-2023)
Dick Grove (1924-2023)
