Snell exhibitioner

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The Snell Exhibition is an annual post-graduate scholarship awarded by Balliol College, Oxford and its recipients are referred to as Snell Exhibitioners. The award was found by the generosity of Sir John Snell in 1760, and is awarded to graduates of the University of Glasgow of high academic achievement who wish to continue their studies at postgraduate level at Balliol.

Famous Snell Exhibitioners include:

• Adam Smith
• Hely Hutchinson Almond
• James Stirling (mathematician)
• Archibald Campbell Tait
• John Douglas
• Sir William Hamilton
• James Williams Mylne
• Andrew Lang
• James Gordon Howie
• John Nicol

[edit] External links

• The Snell Foundation information from Balliol College