Browne Medal


The Browne Medals are gold medals which since 1774 have been awarded for annual competitions in Latin and Greek poetry at Cambridge University.
Sir William Browne, who had been president of the College of Physicians, died in 1774. His will left an endowment to the university:
The endowment, invested as a trust fund called the Browne Fund, is still used to encourage classical study at the university.

List of winners

This list is incomplete; most of this list is from The winners of the prize are published in The Cambridge University Reporter.