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Revision as of 17:26, 13 July 2026

Frank Harrison Hill (1830-1910) was a BGS alumnus, and the nephew of local historian Pishey Thompson.

After leaving school, he qualified as a barrister and became a prominent journalist. He was 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 trustees of BGS. This was to be used to found and endow a Frank Harrison Hill Exhibition for one or more of the following subjects:

  • Classics
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Natural Science
  • Modern languages

The prize was originally a leaving scholarship to university. Since the 1980s it has been automatically conferred on the winner of the Parry Gold Medal.

The precise names and years of the early winners have been recorded as accurately as possible, but it appears that the awards were not always made at the time of the Speech Day and records are for the date of payment rather than the date of award, so some confusion can arise.

Year Winner Parry Gold Medallist in that year?
1915 Douglas Merson Steel No (he won it the previous year, in 1914)
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1957 Robert Sheehan No (he won it in 1956)
1958 Edward A Hackford No (he won it in 1957)
1959 Terence Allen Gibson No
1960 Tom Grimes No
1961 Thomas D Gledhill / D A Hines No (Thomas Gledhill won it in 1960)
1962 Richard Cammack (1954-62) / Christopher R Holmes No (Richard Cammack won it in 1962 and Christopher Holmes won it in 1961)
1963 Frank Cammack (assumed) / Michael H Gledhill Yes (Michael Gledhill)
1964 Michael J Cockerill No
1965 Ken Balkow / David M Dexter No
1966 Philip Martin Hollins No (Philip Hollins won it in 1965)
1967 William J Worraker No
1968 Jack Upsall Yes
1969 V J Goose No
1970 G P Blackbourn No (he won it in 1969)
1971 Richard Gill / J H Wilford No (Richard Gill won it in 1970)
1972 D P Baines / R J Leafe No (D P Baines received the Parry Prize)
1973 Not awarded
1974 Not awarded
1975 T Crick No
1976 John Woodthorpe No (he won it in 1974)
1977 Robert A Cocks No
1978 M F Fairfield / S Kempson / Stephen F Leafe Yes (Stephen F Leafe)
1979 Daryl B Upsall / David P Moon Yes (David P Moon)
1980 Michael J Godfrey Yes
1981 J S Squires Yes
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1983 Kevin J Ashton Yes
1984 A R Dodsworth Yes
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1988 R T Kilcoyne Yes
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1992 J M Oliver Yes
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2003 Patrick Turner Yes
2004 Samuel Steer Yes
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2006 James Watson Yes
2007 David Walder Yes
2008 Waleed Butt Yes
2009 Timothy Worrall 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
2020
2021 Matthew Dickens Yes
2022 Kishore Murugesh Yes
2023 Suwaid Sheikh Yes
2024 Akshaj Airon Yes
2025 Lochana Rathanayake Yes

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