King’s pupil Daniel Warr (ShJJ) has been awarded a Highly Commended Prize in the Royal Geographical Society ‘Young Geographer of the Year Award 2011’ in the 12-14 years age group. This is the second time in three years that a King’s pupil has received one of these prestigious awards.  Dan had to produce a visual and written answer to the question: What should every good geographer understand?

Dan was entered in the 12-14 years group and winners were chosen from just under 1000 entries. In total 15 prize winners were invited to The Royal Geographical Society in London, four from each age category. Dan received his prize from Michael Palin who gave a talk on his career and interest in Geography which was very entertaining.

Dan received prizes of a Philips Pocket Travel Atlas and certificate both of which Michael Palin signed. He also received a certificate for school, a £10 gift voucher from Stanford’s travel book shop in Covent Garden,  2 huge maps: one of the world and one of Europe, a personalised OS map centring on his home in Chester, some stationery and a year’s subscription to Geographical magazine.

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