Cook Testimonial Prize
The Cook Testimonial Prize was founded in 1847 from a public subscription in memory of St Andrews professor George Cook (1773-1845). Cook had been professor of Moral Philosophy, but was also an ecclesiastical…
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Friends of George Cook, including Duncan Macfarlan
In 1847, Duncan Macfarlan organised a subscription to raise funds for a Cook Testimonial Prize ‘to commemorate the eminent services rendered to the Church of Scotland’ by Professor George Cook (1773-1845), of the…
Duncan Mathematical Prize
The Duncan Testimonial Fund and Mathematics Prize was established in 1858 by an unknown number of well-wishers, in memory of Thomas Duncan (c.1777-1858), Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews from…