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Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

LC control no.n 80152915
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Corporate name headingRoyal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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Variant(s)Royal Geographical Society, London
Royal Geographic Society (Great Britain)
RGS
See alsoAssociation for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
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Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)
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Biography/History notefounded 1830
Beginning date1830
Found inThe Royal Geographical Society magazine, June 1997: p. 4 (RGS)
Catalogue of map room of the Royal Geographic Society, 1881.
BLNAL, Mar. 22, 2002 (hdg.: Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers); phone call to Society, 1 Nov. 2000: confirmed the full expanded form is to be used in all communications - Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers))
RGS-IBG WWW Home page, Mar. 22, 2002: the Society (The Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers ... )) membership (The merger between the Royal Geographical Society and The Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) in 1995 ... )