Frank Harrison Hill Exhibition

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Frank Harrison Hill (1830-1910) was a BGS alumnus, and the nephew of local historian Pishey Thompson. He later became the editor of the London-based 'Daily News' from 1869 to 1886. Charles Dickens had been the newspaper's first editor, in 1845.

Through his will, Hill bequeathed £1,000 to the BGS trustees to be used to found a Frank Harrison Hill Exhibition for one or more subjects.

This prize was originally a leaving scholarship, awarded every three years. In recent decades it has been awarded annually to the winner of the Parry Gold Medal.

Year Winner Parry Gold Medallist in that year?
1948-1965 Not awarded
1966 P M Hollins No
1967 W J Worraker No
1968 Not awarded
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1975 J Woodthorpe No
1976 J Woodthorpe No
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1983 Kevin J Ashton Yes
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2003 Patrick Turner Yes
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2008 Waleed Butt Yes
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2012 Bhagya Raj Yes
2013 Lawrence Hamshaw Yes
2014 Alice Stacey Yes
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2015 Nicholas Doddrell Yes
2016 Mihir Rao Yes
2017 Matthew Wearden Yes
2018 Neelay Sant Yes
2019 Seth Greeves Yes

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