Browne Medal Explained

The Browne Medals (also known as the Sir William Browne's Medals)^[1] are gold medals which since 1774 have been awarded for annual undergraduate competitions in Latin and Greek poetry at the University of Cambridge.

Sir William Browne, who had been president of the College of Physicians, died in 1774. His will left an endowment to the university:

The endowment, invested as a trust fund called the Browne Fund, is still used to encourage classical study at the university.^[2]

List of winners

This list is incomplete. Many of the earlier names of this list have been drawn from Classical Turns.^[3] The winners of the prize are published in the Cambridge University Reporter.

See also

• Bowdoin Prizes at Harvard University

References

• 'The Browne Prize Medals', Bulletin of the History of Medicine Vol. XIX, No. 4, April 1946, pp. 433–49.

External links

• Cambridge University - Browne Medal - photographs of the Browne Medal
• 1865 Browne Medal at the British Museum

Notes and References

1. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2008-09/special/06/54.html Sir William Browne's Medals: Notice
2. Web site: Statute E : TRUST EMOLUMENTS - Chapter VIII | Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge . admin.cam.ac.uk. 18 February 2017.
3. Web site: Latin Translations by Classical Turns: Professional Aid, Lowest Prices – The Top Sir William Browne Medallists . web.archive.org . 18 February 2017 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030315/http://www.classicalturns.com/Browne-Medallists%281893942%29.htm . 4 March 2016 .