2009: Professor Philip Rees, for research on population geography and demography
2008: Professor Linda McDowell, for research in socio-economic and feminist geography
2007: Professor Peter Jackson, for research on social geography
2006: Professor Jim Rose, for contributions to quaternary research
2005: Professor Ray Hudson, for research on regional and industrial change in the UK and wider Europe
2004: Professor Michael Watts, for research on political economy, culture and power
2003: Professor Nigel Thrift
2002: Professor Angela Gurnell
2001: Professor Peter Dicken
2000: Professor Des Walling
1998: Professor Ian Simmons
1996: Professor Ronald Abler, for his contribution to human geography and enhancement of links between British and American geography
1995: Dr Helen Wallis
1994: Professor Doreen Massey
1992: Professor John Goddard
1990: Professor Ron Johnston
1989: Professor David Simonett
1988: Professor Brian Berry
1987: Professor Emeritus Chauncy Harris
1986: Professor Ren Mei'e （任美鍔，中國地理學家）
1984: Professor Richard Hartshorne
1980: Professor Jean Gottman
1979: Professor Tor Hagerstrand
1975: Professor Emeritus C.O.Sauer
1973: Professor E.Estyn Evans
1970: Dr Raleigh Ashlin Skelton
1963: Professor H.C.Darby
1962: Professor Karl Troll
1957: Professor S.W.Wooldridge
1948: Professor Frank Debenham
1946: Professor H.J.Fleure, for distinguished service in the advancement of geographical education and valuable researches into the human aspects of geography
