Mayhew Prize

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The Mayhew Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge to the student showing the greatest distinction in applied mathematics, primarily for courses offered by DAMTP, but also for some courses offered by the Statistical Laboratory, in the MASt examinations, also known as Part III of the Mathematical Tripos. [1] This includes about half of all students taking the Tripos Math exam, since the rest are taking mainly pure mathematics courses. Since 2018 the Faculty have also awarded the Pure Mathematics Prize for pure mathematics, but due to an absence of funds there is no equivalent monetary reward.

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The Mayhew Prize was founded in 1923 through a donation of £500 by William Loudon Mollison, Master of Clare College, in memory of his wife Ellen Mayhew (1846–1917). [2]

List of winners

Most of this list is from The Times newspaper archive. [3] The winners of the prize are published in the Cambridge University Reporter .

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References

  1. ↑ Ordinances of the University of Cambridge, Chapter XII [ permanent dead link ] p.815
  2. ↑ "The Times", 10 and 15 October 1923)
  3. ↑ "Mayhew Prize winners list". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140625b.htm and "AAS-Biographical memoirs-Jaeger". Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
  5. ↑ "Hoyle biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
  6. ↑ Stewartson biography
  7. ↑ "Quantum Chemistry Comes of Age" by George B. Kauffman and Laurie M. Kauffman from The Chemical Educator, Vol. 5, No. 3, S1430-4171(99)06333-7, 10.1007/s00897990333a, © 2000 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
  8. ↑ "Prof. Roger Tayler Obituaries". Archived from the original on 5 November 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
  9. ↑ AESOP : People / Prof. Peter Harrison
  10. ↑ Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine William Shaw's home page in University College London Mathematics Department
  11. ↑ SPE AbuDhabi Section Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Marika Taylor's CV Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ "Damon Wischik - Curriculum Vitae". Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  14. ↑ "Contacting Members | Mathematical Institute - University of Oxford". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  15. ↑ Aninda Sinha-CV Archived 2009-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ Dr. Robert J. Whittaker (Research Fellow)
  17. ↑ Jesus College Annual Report 2004 p.33 Archived June 30, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ The Queens’ College Record 2006 Archived 2006-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/cjc77/stuff/cjc-cv.pdf%5B%5D
  20. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) p.13
  21. ↑ "Matthew Colbrook".


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