Tullis Prizes
The Tullis Prizes were established in 1877 by Fife papermaker William Tullis (qv). He presented the University of St Andrews with £700 in railway stock to create prizes for encouraging the study of Mathematics. According to the University of St Andrews Calendar for 1877–78, the annual income from the fund should enable ‘£12 to be given to the Student who achieves the first Prize in the first Mathematical class, along with a commemorative Medal’ and also ‘the same sum and medal to the Student who obtains the first Prize in the second Class’. Its patrons were the Principal of the United College and the Professor of Mathematics. Alan Cant, minister, missionary and father of University of St Andrews historian Ronald Gordon Cant, was awarded the prize in 1886/87. The prize is still awarded.