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'''William C Burnett''' was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]]. | '''William C Burnett''' was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]]. | ||
The BGS Speech Day 1900 programme records that Burnett was a "Scholar of Worcester College, Oxford. ''First Class'' in Honours in the First Public Examination in Mathematics, 1899." | The BGS Speech Day 1900 programme records that Burnett was a "Scholar of Worcester College, Oxford. ''First Class'' in Honours in the First Public Examination in Mathematics, 1899" and "Goldsmith's University of Oxford [[Wikipedia:Exhibition (scholarship)|Exhibition]]" also in 1899. This last reference is a strange one. We might immediately think of [[Wikipedia:Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths, University of London]], University of London" yet Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute, founded in 1891 was only acquired by the University of London in 1904 at which time it was was renamed Goldsmiths' College. | ||
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[[Category:Parry Gold Medallists]] | [[Category:Parry Gold Medallists]] | ||
[[Category:19th Century]] | [[Category:19th Century]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 15 December 2020
| William C Burnett | |
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| Education | Boston Grammar School; Wadham College, Oxford; Worcester College, Oxford |
| Notable work(s) | Parry Gold Medal winner 1896 |
William C Burnett was educated at Boston Grammar School.
The BGS Speech Day 1900 programme records that Burnett was a "Scholar of Worcester College, Oxford. First Class in Honours in the First Public Examination in Mathematics, 1899" and "Goldsmith's University of Oxford Exhibition" also in 1899. This last reference is a strange one. We might immediately think of Goldsmiths, University of London, University of London" yet Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute, founded in 1891 was only acquired by the University of London in 1904 at which time it was was renamed Goldsmiths' College.