Esmond B. Martin was a renowned American geographer and conservationist who passed away in 2018 in tragic circumstances.
Read his obituary in the Geographical Journal
Esmond left an endowment for the Society to award an annual prize in his name - the Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize. The Prize consists of one or two annual prizes that recognise outstanding achievement by individuals (not organisations) in the pursuit and/or application of geographical research across the breadth of the discipline, with a particular emphasis on wildlife conservation and environmental research studies.
To make a nomination for the Prize please read the nomination guidelines and complete the nomination form.
The closing date for nominations is 5 January 2023.
The Society will dedicate one Monday Night Lecture per year to an event that marks the Prize and sees it awarded. For 2023, this will take place on Monday 3 April.