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'''Frank Porter''' was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]].
'''Frank Porter''' was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]].


The BGS Speech Day 1900 programme records that Porter was awarded a "Scholarship of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 18th [[Wikipedia:Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Wrangler]] in the Mathematical [[Wikipedia:Tripos|Tripos]], 1899", and in 1900 an "[[Wikipedia:Exhibition (scholarship)|Exhibition]] at [[Wikipedia:Worcester College, Oxford|Worcester College, Oxford]], ''First Class'' in Honours at the first Public Examination in Mathematics."
The BGS Speech Day 1900 programme records that Porter was awarded a "[[Wikipedia:Scholarship|Scholarship]] of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 18th [[Wikipedia:Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Wrangler]] in the Mathematical [[Wikipedia:Tripos|Tripos]], 1899", and in 1900 an "[[Wikipedia:Exhibition (scholarship)|Exhibition]] at Worcester College, Oxford, ''First Class'' in Honours at the first Public Examination in Mathematics."


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[[Category:Parry Gold Medallists]]
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 15 December 2020

Frank Porter
Education Boston Grammar School; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; Worcester College, Oxford
Notable work(s) Parry Gold Medal winner 1894

Frank Porter was educated at Boston Grammar School.

The BGS Speech Day 1900 programme records that Porter was awarded a "Scholarship of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 18th Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos, 1899", and in 1900 an "Exhibition at Worcester College, Oxford, First Class in Honours at the first Public Examination in Mathematics."