The Tyson Medal is a prize awarded for the best performance in subjects relating to astronomy at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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. It is currently awarded for achievement in the CASM examinations in years when there is a candidate deserving of the prize. In his will

Will (law)

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, Henry Tyson made the following bequest.

That the sum of three hundred pounds be paid to the Cambridge University the interest annually to be for a gold medal for the best proficient in Mathematics and Astronomy in the same way as Dr Smith's

Smith's Prize

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 and to bear the donor's name.

The value of the fund was £65,095 in 2008.

List of winners

Most of this list is from The Times

The Times

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 newspaper archive. The winners of the prize are published in The Cambridge University Reporter.