Frank Harrison Hill Exhibition
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 usually conferred on the winner of the Parry Gold Medal.
The precise names and years of the winners before 1980 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) |
| ... | ||
| 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 |
| 1982 | Philip J Bullen | Yes |
| 1983 | Kevin J Ashton | Yes |
| 1984 | A R Dodsworth | Yes |
| 1985 | Duncan E Walker | Yes |
| 1986 | M R Pitcher | No |
| ... | ||
| 1988 | R T Kilcoyne | Yes |
| ... | ||
| 1992 | J M Oliver | Yes |
| ... | ||
| 2003 | Patrick Turner | Yes |
| 2004 | Samuel Steer | Yes |
| ... | ||
| 2006 | James Watson | Yes |
| 2007 | David Walder | Yes |
| 2008 | Waleed Butt | Yes |
| 2009 | Timothy Worrall | Yes |
| ... | ||
| 2012 | Bhagya Raj | Yes |
| 2013 | Lawrence Hamshaw | Yes |
| 2014 | Alice Stacey | Yes |
| ... | ||
| 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 |
External links
- Frank Harrison Hill - Wikipedia