Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC | |
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| Born | 10 September 1887 |
| Died | 2 June 1976 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Occupations | Soldier, explorer, Professor |
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC (10 September 1887 – 2 June 1976) was a British soldier and explorer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford.[1] His work surveying the Himalayas was rewarded in 1927 with a Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal, the citation reading for his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shaksgam Expedition.[2]
- ^ Hansen, Peter H. (2004). "Mason, Kenneth (1887–1976), geographer and mountaineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62246. Retrieved 16 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "List of Past Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2015.