BURTON MEDAL AWARD
Woman Makes HistoryMiss Freya Stark has made history for women, by being the first woman to be awarded the Burton Memorial Medal. This award is made triennially by the Royal Asiatic Society for the most outstanding achievement in tlie field of exploration and travel in Asia. Miss Stark, who is a daughter of Mr. Robert Stark, a London sculptor, had the medal conferred on her in recognition of her journeys of exploration in Persia. In 1933 she was awarded the Back Grant by the Royal Geographical Society for her pioneer visit to Persia, during which she discovered a stronghold of the ancient secret society of the Assassins—a fanatital branch of the Moslem sect of the Ismailis.
At the meeting of the Asiatic Society in London recently Miss Stark spoke modestly of her travels. “I always travel alone,’’ she said, “and I am never frightened. In Persia, when we were crossing bandit-guarded passes, I used to walk on ahead of my miserable guide because even a bandit would stop to ask questions before shooting when be saw a European woman strolling on alone, hatless.”
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 87, 7 January 1935, Page 4
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186BURTON MEDAL AWARD Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 87, 7 January 1935, Page 4
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