The Carus Greek Testament Prizes are two annual prizes (one for undergraduates, one for graduate students) awarded at

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in England. Candidates are given a passage in Greek from the

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and asked to both translate and interpret it; a board of examiners then judges the papers. A student can only win each prize once. Prize money was originally donated by friends of a Rev. William Carus, a

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, and was accepted by the university in 1853. It was later increased by a donation from Carus himself and by an anonymous donor in 1894. The prizes were first awarded in 1854. The prize is still announced annually, but has not been awarded in recent years due to a lack of candidates.

Notable prize-winners

Arthur Ayres Ellis Arthur Ayres Ellis (1830 – 22 March 1887) was a Greek Testament critic. Arthur Ayres Ellis was born in 1830 in Birmingham, the son of Charles Ellis of Birmingham. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, under Dr. Lee. He entere ...

(the first graduate prize winner, 1854) *

Henry Barclay Swete Henry Barclay Swete (14 March 1835 in Bristol – 10 May 1917 in Hitchin) was an English biblical scholar. He became Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1890. He is known for his 1906 commentary on the ''Book of Revelation'', and other ...

(undergraduate - 1855 (shared)) * William Hagger Barlow (graduate - 1858) * Herbert Mortimer Luckock (graduate - 1860) *

Handley Moule Handley Carr Glyn Moule (23 December 18418 May 1920) was an evangelical Anglican theologian, writer, poet, and Bishop of Durham from 1901 to 1920. Biography Moule was schooled at home before entering Trinity College, Cambridge in 1860, where ...

(undergraduate - 1862 (shared)) * Henry Donald Maurice Spence (undergraduate - 1862 (shared); graduate - 1866) *

Henry Melvill Gwatkin Henry Melvill Gwatkin (30 July 1844 – 14 November 1916) was an England, English theologian and church historian. Gwatkin was born at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire, the youngest son of the Rev. Richard Gwatkin,"Gwatkin, Henry Melvill" in ''A ...

(undergraduate - 1865; graduate - 1868) *

Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick (25 June 1849 – 22 January 1940) was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University (1882–1903) and the third Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge (1898–1907). Life Kirkpatrick was born at Lewes, East Su ...

(undergraduate - 1870) *

James Welldon James Edward Cowell Welldon (25 April 1854 – 17 June 1937) was an English clergyman and scholar. He was Bishop of Calcutta from 1898 to 1902, Dean of Manchester from 1906 to 1918, and Dean of Durham from 1918 to 1933. Early life Welldon was ...

(undergraduate - 1873) *

Frederic Wallis Frederic Wallis (1854 – 24 June 1928) was an Anglican priest. Biography Frederic Wallis was born in Hastings, the son of Joseph Wallis, MA. He was educated at St Paul's and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (whence he gained his MA Cantab ...

(undergraduate - 1874; graduate - 1877) *

Herbert Edward Ryle Herbert Edward Ryle (25 May 1856 – 20 August 1925) was an English Old Testament scholar and Anglican bishop, successively serving as the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Winchester and the Dean of Westminster. Early life Ryle was born ...

(undergraduate - 1875; graduate - 1879) *

Rodney Eden George Rodney Eden (called Rodney; 9 September 1853 – 7 January 1940) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Dover (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury) and then Bishop of Wakefield (diocese), Bishop of Wakefield (diocesan bishop of the D ...

(1878) * William Edmund Smyth (graduate - 1880) * John Reginald Harmer (1881) *

M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, Medieval studies, medievalist scholar and provost (education), provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was List of ...

(undergraduate - 1882) * Francis Burkitt (undergraduate - 1886) *

Arthur Nutter Thomas Arthur Nutter Thomas (11 December 1869 – 10 April 1954), commonly referred to as Dr Nutter Thomas or A. Nutter Thomas, was the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide, Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, South Australia, from 1906 to 1940. Early life Nutter ...

(undergraduate - 1893) *

Harold Herbert Williams Sir Harold Herbert Williams (25 July 1880 – 24 October 1964) was an English scholar, priest, lawyer, politician, bibliophile, and expert on the works of Jonathan Swift. Williams born in Tokyo, the son of Rev. James Williams, an Anglican mission ...

(undergraduate - 1901) *

Campbell West-Watson Campbell West-Watson (23 April 1877 – 19 May 1953) was successively an Anglican suffragan bishop, diocesan bishop and archbishop over a 40-year period during the first half of the 20th century. Born on 23 April 1877 he was educated at ...

(graduate - 1901) *

Stephen Neill Stephen Charles Neill (1900–1984Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, p. 488.) was a British Anglican bishop, missionary and scholar. He was proficient in a number of languages, including Ancient Greek, Latin and Tamil. He went to Trini ...

(undergraduate - 1919; graduate - 1923Bishop Stephen Neill: From Edinburgh to South India, Dyron Daughrity, Peter Lang Publishing, New York, 2008, p. 46, footnote #95 * David C. C. Watson (1947)

References

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