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*1890: W. M. Geldart, for Greek comic iambics, from Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene III
*1890: W. M. Geldart, for Greek comic iambics, from Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene III
*1894: George Stuart Robertson, for Shakespeare's King Henry IV, part II, act 2, scene II, lines 1-100, translated into comic iambic verse
*1894: George Stuart Robertson, for Shakespeare's King Henry IV, part II, act 2, scene II, lines 1-100, translated into comic iambic verse
*1902: [[Editing Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham|Edward William Macleay Grigg]], for translation from Shakespeare, Richard III, act 1, scene 2<ref>Rose, Kenneth, 'Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham (1879–1955), colonial administrator and politician' (rev.) in ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ([http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33584 online edition], January 2008, accessed 16 August 2008</ref>
*1902: [[Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham|Edward William Macleay Grigg]], for translation from Shakespeare, Richard III, act 1, scene 2<ref>Rose, Kenneth, 'Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham (1879–1955), colonial administrator and politician' (rev.) in ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ([http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33584 online edition], January 2008, accessed 16 August 2008</ref>
*1916: [[Godfrey Rolles Driver]]<ref name=emerton>J. A. Emerton, 'Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892–1975)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004</ref>
*1916: [[Godfrey Rolles Driver]]<ref name=emerton>J. A. Emerton, 'Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892–1975)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004</ref>
*1927: [[Ronald Syme]], for a passage of Morris's ''Sigurd the Volsing'' into [[Homer]]ic [[hexameter]]s<ref name=millar/>
*1927: [[Ronald Syme]], for a passage of Morris's ''Sigurd the Volsing'' into [[Homer]]ic [[hexameter]]s<ref name=millar/>

Revision as of 02:38, 16 August 2008

Thomas Gaisford

The Gaisford Prize is a prize in the University of Oxford, founded in 1855 in memory of Dr Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855) and awarded for Classical Greek Verse and Prose.

History

Dr Thomas Gaisford, Dean of Christ Church, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford for more than forty years (1811-1855), died on 2 June 1855. Ten days later, at a meeting held in Christ Church on 12 June, it was resolved to establish a prize in his honour, to be called the Gaisford Prize, and to raise for that purpose £1,000 by public subscription, the interest to be applied "to reward a successful prizeman or prizemen, under such regulations as shall be approved by Convocation".[1]

There are now four prizes, for Greek Verse, for Greek Prose, for an Essay, and for a Graduate dissertation.

Winners of the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse

  • 1857: J. H. Warner, Balliol, for Greek hexameters, from Milton, Paradise Lost, VI, 56[2]
  • 1858: R. Broughton, Balliol, for Greek iambics, from Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part I, Act II, scene 4[3]
  • 1859: George R. Luke, Balliol, for Greek verse, from the Morte D'Arthur[4]
  • 1860: Chaloner W. Chute, for Greek iambics, from Shakespeare, King Richard III, Act IV, scene 4[5]
  • 1862: Robert W. Raper, Trinity, for Greek iambics, from Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part II, Act IV, scene 3[6]
  • 1864: Evelyn Abbott, for Greek tragic iambics, etc., from Shakespeare, Pericles, Act V, Scene 1
  • 1866: George Nutt, New College, for Greek comic iambics, from Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part II, Act I, Scene 2[7]
  • 1869: John Arthur Godley, for Greek Theocritean verse, from Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 4, scene 2[8]
  • 1876: Arthur Elam Haigh, verse from William Shakespeare[9]
  • 1877: Sidney Graves Hamilton, verse from John Milton[10]
  • 1890: W. M. Geldart, for Greek comic iambics, from Shakespeare, Henry V, Act II, Scene III
  • 1894: George Stuart Robertson, for Shakespeare's King Henry IV, part II, act 2, scene II, lines 1-100, translated into comic iambic verse
  • 1902: Edward William Macleay Grigg, for translation from Shakespeare, Richard III, act 1, scene 2[11]
  • 1916: Godfrey Rolles Driver[12]
  • 1927: Ronald Syme, for a passage of Morris's Sigurd the Volsing into Homeric hexameters[13]
  • 1934: Spencer Barrett, Christ Church.[14]
  • 1995: No prize awarded (but honourably mentioned: Martin Revermann, Corpus Christi)[15]
  • 1996: Jeremy Grant, Worcester[16]
  • 1998: No prize awarded (but honourably mentioned: Letizia Palladini, Balliol)[17]
  • 1999: Luke Pitcher[18]
  • 2000: Laura Bender, Magdalen[19]

Winners of the Gaisford Prize for Greek Prose

Winners of the Gaisford Essay Prize

  • 1996: Ben Rowland, Balliol[16]
  • 1998: No prize awarded (but honourably mentioned: David Hodgkinson, Balliol)[17]

Winners of the Gaisford Dissertation Prize

  • 1998: No prize awarded[17]
  • 1999: Letizia Poli-Palladini, Balliol, and Tobias Reinhardt, Corpus Christi (jointly)[18]

Entries

John Davidson Beazley's entry for the 1907 Greek Prose prize, Herodotus at the Zoo, was reprinted in 1911 and later appeared in a collection of classical parodies produced in Switzerland in 1968. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls it "an enchanting work".[23]

References

  1. ^ Urban, Sylvanus, The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XLIV (July to December 1855) page 100 online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  2. ^ Warner, J. H., Gaisford Prize: Greek Hexameters Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 24, MDCCCLVII (Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1857), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  3. ^ Broughton, R., Gaisford Prize: Greek Iambics Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 16, MDCCCLVIII (Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1858), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  4. ^ Luke, George R., Morte D'Arthur, The Gaisford Prize Poem: Recited in the Sheldonian Theatre, July 6, A. D. MDCCCLIX (Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1859), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  5. ^ Chute, Chaloner W., Gaisford Prize: Greek Iambics Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, MDCCCLX (Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  6. ^ Raper, Robert W., Gaisford Prize: Greek Iambics Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July 2, MDCCCLXII (Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1862), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  7. ^ Godley, John Arthur, Gaisford Prize: Greek Comic Iambics Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, Jube xiii, mdccclxvi (Oxford: Rivingtons, 1866), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  8. ^ Godley, John Arthur, Gaisford Prize: Greek Theocritean verse Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July 4, MDCCCLXIX (Oxford: T. and G. Shrimpton, 1869), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  9. ^ Haigh, Arthur Elam, Gaisford Prize: Greek Verse (Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton & Son, 1876), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  10. ^ Hamilton, Sidney Graves, Gaisford Prize: Greek Verse (Oxford: 1877), online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  11. ^ Rose, Kenneth, 'Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham (1879–1955), colonial administrator and politician' (rev.) in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, (online edition, January 2008, accessed 16 August 2008
  12. ^ a b J. A. Emerton, 'Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892–1975)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  13. ^ a b Millar, Fergus, Hannah M. Cotton, & Guy M. Rogers, Rome, the Greek World, and the East, page 401 online at books.google.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  14. ^ 'BARRETT, (William) Spencer' in Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007, online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007: BARRETT, (William) Spencer, accessed 14 August 2008
  15. ^ a b Oxford University Gazette, 23 June 1995 at ox.ac.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  16. ^ a b c Oxford University Gazette, 25 July 1996 at ox.ac.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  17. ^ a b c d Oxford University Gazette, 24 September 1998 at ox.ac.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  18. ^ a b c Oxford University Gazette, 23 September 1999 at ox.ac.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  19. ^ a b Oxford University Gazette, 19 Octobber 2000 at ox.ac.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
  20. ^ Jones, Martin D. W., 'Bigg, Charles (1840–1908)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (online (subscription site), accessed 16 August 2008
  21. ^ Powell, L. F., 'Chapman, Robert William (1881–1960)', rev. M. Clare Loughlin-Chow, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 online edn, May 2006 (subscription site), accessed 16 August 2008
  22. ^ Hacker, P. M. S. 'Austin, John Langshaw (1911–1960)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 online (subscription site), accessed 16 August 2008
  23. ^ Robertson, Martin , 'Beazley, Sir John Davidson (1885–1970)', rev. David Gill, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (online edition (subscription required) accessed 16 Aug 2008

See also

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