Honour

• 1958, Knighthood

Medals

• 1951, Founder's Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society
• 1952, Silver Medal, Royal Society of Arts
• 1953, Polar Medal, H.M. The Queen (and clasp, 1958)
• 1958
• Special Gold Medal, Royal Geographical Society
• Gold Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
• Gold Medal, Geographical Society (Paris)
• Richthofen Medal (Berlin)
• Kirkenpauer Medal (Hamburg)
• 1959
• Plancius Medal (Amsterdam)
• Egede Medal (Copenhagen)
• Hubbard Medal, National Geographical Society (Washington)
• Explorer's Club Medal (New York)
• Gold Medal, Geographical Society (Chicago)
• 1960, Prestwich Medal, Geological Society of London

Honorary Degrees

• 1958
• LLD, Edinburgh University
• DSc, Durham University
• 1959, ScD, Cambridge University
• 1971, ScD, University Colleg Swansea
• 1972, DSc, Leicester University
• 1974, Hon. LLD, Birmingham University

Honorary Fellowships

• 1970, Wolfson (formerly University) College, Cambridge
• 1983, St John's College, Cambridge

Presidencies

• 1963 - 1966, International Glaciological Society
• 1972, British Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1982 - 1984, Royal Geographical Society

Other

• 1983, Freedom of the City of London

Two geographical features in the Antarctic are named in his memory: Fuchs Dome in the Shackleton Range (surveyed by the TAE in 1957) and Fuchs Ice Piedmont on Adelaide Island (Hattersley-Smith 1991).

 

Biography | Expeditions | Leadership | Awards | Legacies | Photo Archive

Links | Search | Site Map | Contact

© 2004 Fuchs Archives Ltd.