Chancellor's Gold Medal
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The Chancellor's Gold Medal is a prestigious annual award at Cambridge University for poetry, paralleling Oxford University's Newdigate prize
. It was first presented by Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
during his time as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. In the mid-19th Century, the topic for each year was sent out at the end of Michaelmas Term
, with a requirement that entries were submitted by 31 March of the following year. The winner would have the honour of reading his poem aloud in the Senate House
on Commencement
Day. The prize was first awarded in 1813 to George Waddington of Trinity College
. The early lists of winners shows a considerable overlap with the list of Senior Wranglers.
Newdigate prize
Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has been admitted to Oxford within the previous four years. It was founded by Sir Roger Newdigate, Bt in the 18th century...
. It was first presented by Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh was a member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of George II and nephew of George III.-Early life:...
during his time as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. In the mid-19th Century, the topic for each year was sent out at the end of Michaelmas Term
Michaelmas term
Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities:*University of Cambridge*University of Oxford*University of St...
, with a requirement that entries were submitted by 31 March of the following year. The winner would have the honour of reading his poem aloud in the Senate House
Senate House (University of Cambridge)
The Senate House of the University of Cambridge is now used mainly for degree ceremonies. It was formerly also used for meetings of the Council of the Senate...
on Commencement
Graduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...
Day. The prize was first awarded in 1813 to George Waddington of Trinity College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. The early lists of winners shows a considerable overlap with the list of Senior Wranglers.
Partial list of recipients
- 1813 George WaddingtonGeorge Waddington (historian)George Waddington was an English clergyman, traveller and church historian.-Life:...
Columbus - 1814 William WhewellWilliam WhewellWilliam Whewell was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.-Life and career:Whewell was born in Lancaster...
Boadicea - 1815 Edward SmirkeEdward Smirke-Life:The third son of Robert Smirke, and brother of Sir Robert Smirke, and of Sydney Smirke, he was born at Marylebone. He was educated privately and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1816, and M.A. in 1820...
Wallace - 1816 Hamilton Sydney Beresford Mahomet
- 1817 Chauncy Hare TownshendChauncy Hare TownshendChauncy Hare Townshend, born Chauncy Hare Townsend was a 19th century English poet, clergyman, mesmerist, collector, dilettante and hypochondriac...
Jerusalem - 1818 Charles Edward LongCharles Edward LongCharles Edward Long , was an English genealogist and antiquary.-Life:Born at Benham Park, Berkshire, he was the elder and only surviving son of Charles Beckford Long of Langley Hall, Berkshire, and his wife, Frances Monro Tucker...
Imperial and Papal Rome - 1819 Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron MacaulayThomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron MacaulayThomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history...
Pompeii - 1821 Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron MacaulayThomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron MacaulayThomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history...
Evening - 1823 Winthrop Mackworth PraedWinthrop Mackworth PraedWinthrop Mackworth Praed was an English politician and poet.-Early life:He was born in London. The family name of Praed was derived from the marriage of the poet's great-grandfather to a Cornish heiress. Winthrop's father, William Mackworth Praed, was a serjeant-at-law. His mother belonged to the...
Australasia - 1824 Winthrop Mackworth PraedWinthrop Mackworth PraedWinthrop Mackworth Praed was an English politician and poet.-Early life:He was born in London. The family name of Praed was derived from the marriage of the poet's great-grandfather to a Cornish heiress. Winthrop's father, William Mackworth Praed, was a serjeant-at-law. His mother belonged to the...
Athens - 1825 Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonEdward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonEdward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC , was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling dime-novels which earned him a considerable fortune...
Sculpture - 1827 Christopher WordsworthChristopher WordsworthChristopher Wordsworth was an English bishop and man of letters.-Life:Wordsworth was born in London, the youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity and a nephew of the poet William Wordsworth...
The Druids - 1828 Christopher WordsworthChristopher WordsworthChristopher Wordsworth was an English bishop and man of letters.-Life:Wordsworth was born in London, the youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity and a nephew of the poet William Wordsworth...
Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Boneparte - 1829 Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron TennysonAlfred Tennyson, 1st Baron TennysonAlfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language....
Timbuctoo - 1831 George Stovin VenablesGeorge Stovin VenablesGeorge Stovin Venables , born in Wales, was a journalist and a barrister at the English bar.His father was Richard Venables, vicar of Nantmel and then archdeacon of Carmarthen. He was educated at Eton College, Charterhouse School, and Jesus College, Cambridge...
Attempts to find a North West Passage - 1842 Henry James Sumner MaineHenry James Sumner MaineSir Henry James Sumner Maine, KCSI , was an English comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in Ancient Law that law and society developed "from status to contract." According to the thesis, in the ancient world individuals were tightly bound by status to traditional...
Birth of the Prince of Wales - 1844 Edward Henry BickerstethEdward Henry BickerstethEdward Henry Bickersteth, January 25, 1825, Islington - May 16, 1906 was a bishop in the Church of England.Edward Henry Bickersteth was the son of Edward Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A...
The Tower of London - 1845 Edward Henry BickerstethEdward Henry BickerstethEdward Henry Bickersteth, January 25, 1825, Islington - May 16, 1906 was a bishop in the Church of England.Edward Henry Bickersteth was the son of Edward Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A...
Caubul - 1846 Edward Henry BickerstethEdward Henry BickerstethEdward Henry Bickersteth, January 25, 1825, Islington - May 16, 1906 was a bishop in the Church of England.Edward Henry Bickersteth was the son of Edward Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A...
Caesar's Invasion of Britain - 1852 Frederic William FarrarFrederic William FarrarFrederic William Farrar was a cleric of the Church of England .Farrar was born in Bombay, India and educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man, King's College London and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry in 1852...
The Arctic Regions - 1873 Arthur Woollgar VerrallArthur Woollgar VerrallArthur Woollgar Verrall was a British classics scholar associated with Trinity College, Cambridge, and the first occupant of the King Edward VII Chair of English...
- 1899 Arthur Cecil PigouArthur Cecil PigouArthur Cecil Pigou was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the school of economics at the University of Cambridge he trained and influenced many Cambridge economists who went on to fill chairs of economics around the world...
- 1931 Robert GittingsRobert GittingsRobert William Victor Gittings CBE , was an English writer, biographer, BBC Radio producer, playwright and minor poet...
- 1964 Howard BrentonHoward Brenton-Early years:Brenton was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, son of Methodist minister Donald Henry Brenton and his wife Rose Lilian . He was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and read English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 1964 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal...