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• Wrangler (University of Cambridge) — For other uses, see Wrangler (disambiguation). A student is named as Senior Wrangler in 1842, an accolade synonymous with academic supremacy At the University of Cambridge in England, a Wrangler is a student who gains first class honours in the… …   Wikipedia

• Classical tripos examination — Tripos Tri pos, n.; pl. {Triposes}. [Gr. ? a tripod. See {Tripod}.] 1. A tripod. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper. [Cambridge University,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tripos — Tri pos, n.; pl. {Triposes}. [Gr. ? a tripod. See {Tripod}.] 1. A tripod. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper. [Cambridge University, Eng.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tripos paper — Tripos Tri pos, n.; pl. {Triposes}. [Gr. ? a tripod. See {Tripod}.] 1. A tripod. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper. [Cambridge University,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Triposes — Tripos Tri pos, n.; pl. {Triposes}. [Gr. ? a tripod. See {Tripod}.] 1. A tripod. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper. [Cambridge University,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• op|ti|me — «OP tuh mee», noun. British. a candidate for honors in mathematics at Cambridge University. Those in the second grade of honors are called senior optimes; those in the third grade are called junior optimes. ╂[apparently < New Latin optime… …   Useful english dictionary

• Optime — Op ti*me, n. [L., adv. fr. optimus the best.] One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• John Horne Tooke — (June 25, 1736 – March 18, 1812), was an English politician and philologist.He was born in Newport Street, Long Acre, Westminster, the third son of John Horne, a poulterer in Newport Market, whose business the boy, when at Eton College, described …   Wikipedia

• Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens — Infobox Person name = Alleyne FitzHerbert image size = caption = birth date = 1 March 1753 birth place = Derby death date = 19 February 1839Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain] death place = Grafton Street, London education …   Wikipedia

• List of Wranglers of the University of Cambridge — From 1748 to 1909, the University of Cambridge published a list of the rankings of the mathematicians in each year. The list below covers those that were either Senior or Second Wrangler, in other words obtaining the top marks in the Mathematical …   Wikipedia

• Reginald McKenna — (* 6. Juli 1863 in Kensington, London; † 6. September 1943 ebenda), war ein britischer Staatsmann und Bankier. McKenna bekleidete zwischen 1907 und 1916 zahlreiche Ministerposten in den Regierungen Campbell Bannerman und Asquith, bevor er von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia