Mayhew Prize

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The Mayhew Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge to the student showing the greatest distinction in applied mathematics, primarily for courses offered by DAMTP, but also for some courses offered by the Statistical Laboratory, in the MASt examinations, also known as Part III of the Mathematical Tripos.[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/pdfs/cso_4_ordinance12.715_940.pdf Ordinances of the University of Cambridge, Chapter XII]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} p.815 This includes about half of all students taking the Tripos Math exam, since the rest are taking mainly pure mathematics courses. Since 2018 the Faculty have also awarded the Pure Mathematics Prize for pure mathematics, but due to an absence of funds there is no equivalent monetary reward.

The Mayhew Prize was founded in 1923 through a donation of £500 by William Loudon Mollison, Master of Clare College, in memory of his wife Ellen Mayhew (1846–1917)."The Times", 10 and 15 October 1923)

List of winners

Most of this list is from The Times newspaper archive.{{Cite web |url=http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/~morrison/mayhew.html |title=Mayhew Prize winners list |access-date=2009-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727021628/http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/~morrison/mayhew.html |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }} The winners of the prize are published in the Cambridge University Reporter.

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