Royal Scottish Geographical Society
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| Formation | 1884 |
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| Purpose | Educational |
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Membership
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2,500 |
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Patron
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Queen Elizabeth II |
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President
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Iain Stewart |
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Vice-President
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HRH The Princess Royal |
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Chairman
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Professor Roger Crofts |
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Staff
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6 |
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Volunteers
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100 |
| Website | rsgs |
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) is a learned society and educational charity founded in 1884 and based in Perth. The Society has a membership of 2500 and aims to advance the science of geography worldwide by supporting education, research, expeditions, through its journal (the Scottish Geographical Journal), its newsletter (The Geographer) and other publications.
The Society operates thirteen regional centres across Scotland which are the focus for a programme of around one hundred illustrated talks annually, at Aberdeen, Ayr, Dumfries, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, Glasgow, Inverness, Kirkcaldy, Perth and Stirling. The Society also provides a service intended to answer geographical queries about Scotland and beyond.
The RSGS provides a uniquely Scottish flavour, with particular interests in working with Scottish Universities and educators in developing the discipline worldwide.
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society Library is held and maintained by the University of Strathclyde and the Society also holds a significant map and photography collections (at least 200,000 items), together with a substantial archive dating back to its foundation, all of which are subject to a Heritage Lottery-funded project called Images for All which aims to record, list online and to broaden access to this material.
Housed within the Lord John Murray House in Perth, the Society was formerly based in the University of Strathclyde (1994–2008) and before that had in its own premises at 10 Randolph Crescent in Edinburgh.
The originator of the idea for a national society of geography in Scotland was John George Bartholomew, of the Bartholomew map-making company in Edinburgh. Bartholomew felt that there was a low quality of map craftsmanship within Britain and a lack of geographical societies as compared with the rest of Europe, and set out to investigate the situation in other countries, particularly in Germany. As a result of this he began work in establishing a geographical society for Scotland.
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