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Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold Medal n. d. (awarded 1875), 95.64 g. University of Cambridge, Chancellor's Classical Gold Prize Medal. By W. Wyon. Bust, young and diademed. VICTORIA D : G : BRITANNIARUM REGINA. Rv. Youth seated left studying, Numeria standing on a plinth facing him. Engraving in exergue: JAMES GOW. TRINITY COLLEGE 1875. Plain edge. 54.6 mm. Eimer -. BHM 1981. FDC / Mint State. Mattiert / Matte finish.

Purchased from UBS, Zurich, November 1982, lot 33.

Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is one of the world's oldest universities and leading academic centres, and a self-governed community of scholars. The Chancellor's Gold Medal is an annual award for poetry open to undergraduates at the University of Cambridge, paralleling Oxford University's Newdigate Prize. It was first presented by Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh during his time as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

The recipient, James Gow (1854-1923), was an English scholar, educator, historian, and author, widely recognized for his work "A Short History of Greek Mathematics". Following an education at King's College School, he received his Master of Arts degree at Trinity College, Cambridge. Gow was a third Classic and Chancellor's Classical medalist in 1875 at Cambridge, and became a Fellow of Trinity College and of King's College, London in 1876.