Douglas Gold Medal Prize
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The Douglas Gold Medal was founded by Sir Howard Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and first Chancellor of King's College. Valued at forty dollars, the medal was offered for competition every year among undergraduates for the best English essay on some subject proposed at the preceding Encaenia. It was first awarded in 1833.
After 1960 the topic was no longer assigned and the medal was given for the best English essay written as part of the requirements of any course in the university. In 1974 the criteria changed to allow the medal to be awarded for the best composition in prose or verse, in Greek, Latin or English, on any subject within the regular course of study pursued in the university. Undergraduate these and reports were eligible, as were essays or verse compositions produced as part of regular class work. Compositions were submitted by instructors, with the consent of the student.
| Year | Name | Title | Held at UNB Archives |
| 1833 | R. Duvernet | No | |
| 1834 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1835 | George Lee | No | |
| 1836 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1837 | W. H. Shore | No | |
| 1838 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1839 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1840 | J. S. Millidge | No | |
| 1841 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1842 | E. J. Jacob | No | |
| 1843 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1844 | W. Q. Ketchum | No | |
| 1845 | C. G. Coster
J. McGivern |
No
No | |
| 1846 | E. B. Fisher | No | |
| 1847 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1848 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1849 | W. P. Dole | No | |
| 1850 | Hurd Peters | No | |
| 1851 | G. G. Roberts | No | |
| 1852 | T. A. Gregory | No | |
| 1853 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1854 | G. S. Smith | No | |
| 1855 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1856 | E. R. Burpee | No | |
| 1857 | S. F. Stephenson | No | |
| 1858 | F. A. Morrison | No | |
| 1859 | H. L. Sturdee | No | |
| 1860 | W. C. Lee | No | |
| 1861 | A. W. Smith | No | |
| 1862 | J. P. Sheraton | No | |
| 1863 | L. C. Allison | No | |
| 1864 | J. D. Phinney | No | |
| 1865 | G. R. Parkin | No | |
| 1866 | G. E. Foster | No | |
| 1867 | P. C. Keegan | No | |
| 1868 | S. Russell | "The Electric Telegraph considered in its moral, social, and political aspects" | No |
| 1869 | W. S. MacFarlane | "The influence of the Higher Institutions of Learning on Commerce and Civilization" | No |
| 1870 | G. C. Coster | "The relation of the Physical Sciences to Manufacturers and Commerce" | No |
| 1871 | L. C. Wortman | No | |
| 1872 | W. Wilson | "Natural History - its value in the educational point of view" | No |
| 1873 | W. G. Gaunce | No | |
| 1874 | S. J. Jenkins | "The value of Liberal Education to the Man of Business" | No |
| 1875 | J. F. Burditt | "The influence of Religious truth on National Charter" | No |
| 1876 | T. C. Jack | "The relative merits of old and new countries as fields for enterprise | No |
| 1877 | W. E. MacIntire | "The natural resource so the Dominion in Canada" | No |
| 1878 | J. R. Mace | No | |
| 1879 | W. D. McLeod | No | |
| 1880 | A. W. Wilkinson | No | |
| 1881 | W. S. Carter | "The Greatness and Decline of Venice" | No |
| 1882 | W. J. Fowler | "The effect of the discoveries of the 19th century upon the comforts and conveniences of Life" | No |
| 1883 | W. T. Raymond | "What is culture? And how is it best attained?" | Extract |
| 1884 | J. M. Lemont | "The Great North West, its past and future" | Extract |
| 1885 | W. J. S. Myles | "The Mental rather than the Material resources of Canada" | No |
| 1886 | W. Murchie | "The Duties of the Civilized Man to the Uncivilized Man whose country He Invades" | Extract |
| 1887 | J. B. Sutherland | "The Relation between Labor and Capital" | Extract |
| 1888 | C. J. Milligan | "The Relation of American Literature to Democracy" | Extract |
| 1889 | F. L. Christie | No | |
| 1890 | D. L. Mitchell | "Applications of Edmund Burke's principles to religious, political, and social affairs at the present time" | Extract |
| 1891 | F. P. Yorston | "Emerson's Life and Works" | Extract |
| 1892 | Ellen F. P. Peake | "Colonial Empires of the past, and their lessons to those of the present" | Extract |
| 1893 | Isabel S. McIntosh | "The Social Effects of the Scientific Inventions of the Nineteenth century" | Extract |
| 1894 | Loretta L. Shaw | "The Characteristics of Modern Fiction" | No |
| 1895 | Horace L. Brittain | "The Dangers and Safeguards of Modern Democratic Government" | No |
| 1896 | Samuel H. McKee | "The Relations of Science to the State" | Extract |
| 1897 | Arthur H. Shea | "English Diary and Letter Writers" | No |
| 1898 | Frank J. Bayfield | "The Actual and the ideal Political Life" | Extract |
| 1899 | W. J. R. Wilson | "The Aims and Methods of Modern Science" | No |
| 1900 | W. H. Harrison | "The literary position of Germany Among the Nations" | No |
| 1901 | W. O. Raymond | "The centennial celebration of the university at Fredericton" | Yes |
| 1902 | Chester B. Martin | "The natural resources of New Brunswick" | Yes |
| 1903 | Ina F. Mersereau | "England under Alfred the Great and under Edward the Seventh" | Extract |
| 1904 | Martha A. Osborne | "The development of the Canadian Northwest, a retrospect and a forecast" | No |
| 1905 | Theodore R. McNally | "Science in war" | * |
| 1906 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: English essayists of the early 19th century | No |
| 1907 | Clara M. Robinson | "The history and problems of Canadian immigration" | No |
| 1908 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The factors in the growth of the Maritime Provinces | No |
| 1909 | Beatrice W. Welling | "The contributions of women to English literature" | No |
| 1910 | George N. Belyea | "The transportation problem in Canada: its bearing on the future development of the country" | No |
| 1911 | Harold C. Belyea | "The most expeditious and scientific way of surveying, classifying and registering the public lands of New Brunswick and the best means to be adopted for their protection and preservation" | * |
| 1912 | Earle R. MacNutt | "British essayists" | * |
| 1913 | George B. Carpenter | "The development and value of the commission as a means of the state's regulation of trade and industry" | No |
| 1914 | Emerson C. Rice | "The underdeveloped resources of New Brunswick" | No |
| 1915 | George J. Marr | "Canadian national ideals" | * |
| 1916 | Adrian B. Gilbert | "The economic aspects of the prohibition of liquor traffic" | * |
| 1917 | D. Gordon Willet | "The geology and mineral deposits of New Brunswick" | * |
| 1918 | John F. McIntosh | "The Supernatural in Shakespeare's plays" | * |
| 1919 | Frances Mary VanWart | "A permanent agricultural policy for Canada" | * |
| 1920 | C. L. Armstrong | "The preservation of wild bird life - its economic, aesthetic and humane aspects" | * |
| 1921 | Edith M. Jones | "The development of The English novel" | * |
| 1922 | Russell R. Sheldrick | "The effect of confederation on the economic and political development of New Brunswick" | * |
| 1923 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The influence of of wild life reservations and national parks on a nation's life | No |
| 1924 | Mary B. Jones | "The value of Wordsworth to the present generation" | No |
| 1925 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: An immigration policy for Canada | No |
| 1926 | Edwin A. Stuart | "The University's place in a biological survey of the province" | * |
| 1927 | Robert J. Love | "The effect of confederation on the Maritime Provinces" | * |
| 1928 | Burton S. Keirstead | "The resources and economic possibilities of the Maritime Provinces" | Yes |
| 1929 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The economic and aesthetic importance of animal and bird reservations | No |
| 1930 | Horace A. Hanson | "The political evolution of Canada as a self-governing member of the British Commonwealth of Nations" | No |
| 1931 | Muriel M. Miller | "The poetry of Bliss Carman" | * |
| 1932 | J. Ernest Anderson | "A survey of the geological deposits of organic origin in the province of New Brunswick | * |
| 1933 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: A study in the indebtedness of the Canadian Provinces | * |
| 1934 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The poetry of Charles G. D. Roberts | No |
| 1935 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The University of New Brunswick | No |
| 1936 | Jack H. Thurrot | "What health education should the public schools provide?" | * |
| 1937 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: Euripides: the link between primitive and present day drama | * |
| 1938 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The responsibility of science to society | * |
| 1939 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: A study of provincial and local taxation and administration of public welfare functions | No |
| 1940 | James C. Morrow | "The genesis and development of the Arthurian Legends" | Yes |
| 1941 | Roy Morrow | "The importance of research as an aid to the shore and deep sea fisheries of the Maritime provinces" | Yes |
| 1942 | Manzer L. Bunker | "Forests - their role in post-war readjustments" | Yes |
| 1943 | Frances A. Firth | Assigned topic: The importance of the study of modern languages | No* |
| 1944 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The importance of the social sciences in war time | No |
| 1945 | Elizabeth Brewster | "The conflict of the state and individual in the ancient world" | No |
| 1946 | Dennis A. Benson | "The social responsibility of science" | Yes |
| 1947 | James M. Wheatley | "A new curriculum for UNB" | Yes |
| 1948 | Frederick Cogswell | "Literature and society" | Yes |
| 1949 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The achievements and prospects of the United Nations | No |
| 1950 | Frederick C. Allen | "The case for and against the Chignecto Canal" | Yes |
| 1951 | Robert J. Gibbs | "T. S. Eliot as playwright" | Yes |
| 1952 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The importance of graduate research in Canadian universities | No |
| 1953 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The race question and the contemporary political crisis in South Africa | No |
| 1954 | Ian Watson | "The race questions and the contemporary political crisis in South Africa" ^ | Yes |
| 1955 | J. Neil Mulvaney | "The problem of good and evil in Goethe's Faust" | Yes |
| 1956 | Robert E. Hawkes | "The Irish theatre movement and its social and political background" | Yes |
| 1957 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: The Canadian Arctic, past, present and future | No |
| 1958 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: A study of recent literary utopias | No |
| 1959 | Not awarded | Assigned topic: A study of recent literary utopias | No |
| 1960 | Janice I. Bartlett | "The Classical Laws of Motion" | No |
| 1961 | Brigid E. Toole | No | |
| 1962 | Margaret J. Gammon | "A study of Milton's Comus" | Yes |
| 1963 | E. Joanne Rowley | "Fate in the novels of Thomas Hardy" | Yes |
| 1964 | Colin K. Scott | No | |
| 1965 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1966 | Lynda A. Muir
Craig C. McLeod |
"The function of Landschaft in Buckner's Lenz"
"The poet and his pose: an essay on Auden's thought and his poetic roles in In Time of War" |
Yes
Yes |
| 1967 | Marion L. Cox Beyea | "The incorporation of Saint John" | Yes |
| 1968 | Patricia E. Pacey | "Patterns of imagery and their significance in The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises" | Yes |
| 1969 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1970 | Carolyn E. Keirstead | "Archaelogical field methods for shell-midden excavations" | No |
| 1971 | Bruce R. Bartlett | "The origins and character of Nazi racial ideology" | Yes |
| 1972 | Brian E. Williams | "Tanzania: decision-making in an African economy" | Yes |
| 1973 | Diana L. Austin | "Social vision as the source of poetic vision int eh poetry of F. R. Scott" | Yes |
| 1974 | J. Randall Francis | "Goodbye to all that God willing! A study of the end of idealism in British war literature, 1914-1933" | Yes |
| 1975 | Eileen S. Martin | "The theme of nature in early American literature" | Yes |
| 1976 | Linda M. Kelly | "A character study of Chaucer's Criseyde" | Yes |
| 1977 | Linda C. Law | "Theme and language in Arnold's Marguerite poems" | Yes |
| 1978 | Carol A. Ferguson | "The Spanish Civil War Research Unit" | Yes |
| 1979 | Barbara L. Hughes | "A study of W. H. Auden's Horae Canonicae" | Yes |
| 1980 | Sandi London Guptill | "Narrative voice in Robertson Davies' novels" | Yes |
| 1981 | M. Sharon Carr | "Nostromo: for those who think Jung" | Yes |
| 1982 | Lorna M. Brown | "Justice and mercy in Measure for Measure" | Yes |
| 1983 | Judith Stanley (UNBSJ) | "The nature of man and the issues arising from the prospects for human cloning" | Yes |
| 1984 | Mary C. McDevitt (UNBSJ) | "The American Revolution: its consequences for women" | Yes |
| 1985 | Wanda R. McNally | "Juliana of Norwich: her life and legacy" | Yes |
| 1986 | Katherine A. Ratliffe | "Bishop Blougram's Apology: the problem of judgement" | Yes |
| 1987 | Roderick F. Cater | "The case against Copernicus" | Yes |
| 1988 | Janice M. Cook | "Robbing the cradle: child labour in New Brunswick 1784-1905 and the movement toward child labour legislation" | Yes |
| 1989 | Pamela J. Graham | "Cruel destiny, a reconciliation of elements in King Lear" | Yes |
| 1990 | Stephanie A. Rhynold | "It am I, pander" | Yes |
| 1991 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1992 | Dawn Bourque | "Alienation and rectification in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis" | Yes |
| 1993 | Iain MacPherson | "Physicality in Elliot Merrick's True North and Dillon Wallace's The Lure of the Labrador Wild" | Yes |
| 1994 | Audrey Marie Cormier | "The Consequences of the Enlightenment: Poor Relief" | Yes |
| 1995 | Edward C. Hamilton | The Conceptual Canoeist" | Yes |
| 1996 | Luke E. Peterson | "Madison, Madison and Jefferson and Inalienable Human Rights | Yes |
| 1997 | Marie-Andree Somers | "Existentialists Condemned all Theories Which Insist that Human Beings Have a Fixed Essence or Nature as Cowardly Denials of Moral Responsibility" | Yes |
| 1998 | Holly Arnold | "Conserving Biodiversity in a Fragmented Forest: the Science and Rationale of Wildlife Corridors" | Yes |
| 1999 | Bill MacGillivray | "Baseball as Life: the Henry Wiggen Novels of Mark Harris" | Yes |
| 2000 | Alexandra Leah Clarke | "Mysticism in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India: Did Mrs. Moor Experience a Hindu Insight in the Marabar Caves?" | Yes |
| 2001 | Robin Bolivar | "The Madhouse Divorce" | Yes |
| 2002 | Katia Annique Grubisic | "'It was a fairy, and come from Elf-land:' Elements of Fairy Tales in Jane Eyre" | Yes |
| 2003 | Megan Woodworth | "Luther's Lament, or "Why is nothing ever simple?" | Yes |
| 2004 | Sarah Nason | "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Victorian Sex (But the Silly Novelists were Afraid to Tell)" | Yes |
| 2005 | Bjorn Langerlof | "The Lost Generation - La Grande Guerre and its Irreversible effects on the French Peasantry" | Yes |
| 2006 | Tracey Lynn Bradley | "Temporal Changes in the Pattern of Fledging by Atlantic Puffin Fratercula Arctica Chicks" | Yes |
| 2007 | Stephanie Yorke | "Place, Desire, and Ila in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines" | Yes |
| 2008 | Alan Lensink | "Obeah and the Process of Africa-Oriented Acculturation in the British West Indies from 1650-1800" | Yes |
| 2009 | Anne Elizabeth Thornton | "The Art of 'Mexicanidad': Visual Evolution and Revolution" | No |
| 2010 | David Philip Bryden | "The Charter and Rights Consciousness" | No |
| 2011 | Kelly Rebecca Flinn | "The Art of Global Resistance; Alternative Social Visions in Counter-Hegemony" | No |
| 2012 | Travis Patrick Wysote | "The Lubicon Quest for Self-Determination: Shattering the Display Case on 'The Spirit Sings'" | No |
| 2013 | Francis Rene Losier Bischoff | "Topological Insight into the Patterns of Quantum Energy LEvels of hte EF State of Molecular Hydrogen" | No |
| 2014 | Rebecca Danielle Stieva | "Childbirth, Socio-sexual Deviance, and Racial Hierarchy: A Comparison of European, Native, and African Childbirth Practices in the Early Modern Era" | No |
- This indicates that within the UA Essay Cases there are anonymous essays of the same title which may or may not be prize winners
University records indicate that the medal was not awarded in 1943, however local newspapers of the day published articles naming F.A. Firth as the recipient. ^Title of winning essay is different from assigned topic
Source(s):
- UA Case 145.
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