women, tenable at either Girton or Newnham College, Cambridge, is awarded triennially to the best candidate in an examination in geology and palaeontology, provided that proficiency be shown; the other, for men, is vested in the hands of the university of Cambridge, and is awarded annually, any member of the university being eligible who has graduated as a B.A., provided that not more than three years have elapsed since the 19th day of December next following his final examination for the degree of bachelor of arts. References and external links 1816 births 1878 deaths People from Ormskirk 19th-century British geologists Newnham College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of Queens College Cork