Since 1884, the Thirlwall Prize was instituted at Cambridge University in the memory of Bishop Connop Thirlwall, and has been awarded during odd-numbered years, for the best essay about British history or literature for a subject with original research. It was instituted on the condition that a foundation a medal is awarded in alternate years for the best dissertation involving original historical research, together with a sum of money to defray the expenses of publication. From 1885, the Prince Consort Prize was awarded in alternate years.
Winners Winners of the Thirlwall Prize include:
1889 The Constitutional Experiments of the Commonwealth by E. Jenks 1891 The Doctrine of Consideration in English Law by F. Aidan Hibbert 1897 English Democratic Ideas in the Seventeenth Century by G. P. Gooch 1905 The Second Athenian Confederacy by F.H. Marshall 1907 Claudian as an Historical Authority by J. H. E. CreesClaudian as an Historical Authority by J. H. E. Crees. 1913 To Bartolus of Sassoferrato: his Position in the History of Medieval Political Thought by C. N. S. Woolf 1917 The People's Faith in the Time of Wyclif by Bernard Lord Manning 1923 Etruria and Rome by R. A. L. Fell 1927 The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859 by William Gordon EastW.G. East, The Union of Moldavia and Wallachia, 1859 - An Episode in Diplomatic History, Cambridge University Press (1929). 1929 Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War by Howard Hayes Scullard 1931 Methodism & Politics, 1791-1851 by Ernest Richard Taylor 1933 Aratos of Sicyon by F.W. Walbank 1935 Senate and Provinces at the end of the Republic by J. Macdonald 1937 The King's Secretary and the Signet Office in the XV century by [A.] J. Otway-RuthvenJ. Otway-Ruthven, The King's Secretary and the Signet Office in the XV century: Thirlwall Prize essay, 1937 (Cambridge University Press, 1939) 1939 Lord Liverpool and Liberal Toryism 1820-1827 by W. R. Brock 1941 Bishop Reginald Pecock; a study in ecclesiastical history and thought by V. H. H. Green
See also
List of history awards
References
Sources Endowments of the University of Cambridge, published in 1904, by John Willis Clark
External links Prince Consort and Thirlwall Prize and Fund: Notice, Statutes and Ordinances, 2008, pp. 716 and 857