ORGANIZATION

Founded 1830.

Official Website:
http://www.rgs.org/

Founding Date:
1830

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hiram Bingham	Politician	19-Nov-1875	6-Jun-1956	US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu
Sir Richard Burton	Explorer	19-Mar-1821	20-Oct-1890	Translated The Arabian Nights
E. J. H. Corner	Botanist	12-Jan-1906	14-Sep-1996	Durian theory
Clive Cussler	Author	15-Jul-1931		Raising the Titanic
George Everest	Explorer	4-Jul-1790	1-Dec-1866	Namesake of Mt. Everest
Steve Fossett	Aviator	22-Apr-1944	3-Sep-2007	First to cross Pacific in a balloon
Mark G. Hambley	Diplomat	12-Feb-1948		US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1993-94
Thomas Henry Huxley	Scientist	24-May-1825	29-Jun-1895	Debated Wilberforce over evolution
Donald Johanson	Anthropologist	28-Jun-1943		Discovered "Lucy" fossils
David Livingstone	Explorer	19-Mar-1813	1-May-1873	Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Mark Moody-Stuart	Business	15-Sep-1940		Chairman of Anglo American
Alan Mowbray	Actor	18-Aug-1896	25-Mar-1969	Founding member, Screen Actors Guild
Hormuzd Rassam	Archaeologist	1826	16-Sep-1910	Discovered Epic of Gilgamesh
Charles Stewart Rolls	Business	27-Aug-1877	12-Jul-1910	Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Richard Rudgley	Author	19-Feb-1961		The Alchemy of Culture
Ernest Shackleton	Explorer	15-Feb-1874	5-Jan-1922	Antarctic explorer
Lowell Thomas	Journalist	6-Apr-1892	29-Aug-1981	With Lawrence in Arabia
Roger Wheeler	Military	1943		Head of the British Army, 1997-2000
Leona Woods	Physicist	9-Aug-1919	10-Nov-1986	Physicist at University of Chicago

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