DEPARTMENTAL & UNIVERSITY
PRIZES
During their long history the departments of Greek and Latin (separate
until 1988) and the University have
received generous endowments for the encouragement of classical study. Various
prizes and medals are awarded to outstanding students in each class. The
following are open to students of more than one class:
- COULTER PRIZE (£900 - pounds) - founded in 1787 by James Coulter,
undergraduate and merchant. For translation and composition. Open to all
students of the university.
- STEVEN FRASER PRIZE - awarded to a student in any class of Classical
Civilisation, in consultation with the donor.
- KENMURE PRIZE IN CLASSICS (£750 - pounds) - founded in 1976 in
memory of the Reverend Vera Kenmure, first woman minister of the Congregational
Union of Scotland. For the most meritorious student in Junior Honours Latin
and Greek.
- LANFINE BURSARY (c. £400 - pounds - per annum, awarded biennially)
- a two-year bursary awarded to a student for distinction in Greek or Latin
at level 1.
- LUKE HISTORICAL PRIZE (£850 - pounds) - founded in 1863 in memory
of G. R. Luke, student in Glasgow and Oxford, and tutor in Oxford. This
is awarded on the basis of a special written examination on Greek and Roman
History.
- SCOTT SCHOLARSHIP (£200 - pounds) - awarded by the Faculty
of Arts for Postgraduate work on the basis of examination results in
one of the subjects Classics, Philosophy, English Literature.
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