Tripos Sentence Examples

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  • Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a first-class both in the mathematical tripos and in the 2nd part of the moral sciences tripos, he remained at Cambridge as a lecturer, and became well known as a student of mathematical philosophy and a leading exponent of the views of the newer school of Realists.

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  • The establishment of the classical tripos was in great measure due to his efforts.

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  • His Jacobitism had already been betrayed in a tripos speech which brought him into trouble; and he was now deprived of his fellowship and became a non-juror.

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  • His marriage while still an undergraduate probably accounted for his low place in the tripos.

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  • The reforms in the regulations for degrees in divinity, the formation and first revision of the new theological tripos, the inauguration of the Cambridge mission to Delhi, the institution of the Church Society (for the discussion of theological and ecclesiastical questions by the younger men), the meetings for the divinity faculty, the organization of the new Divinity School and Library and, later, the institution of the Cambridge Clergy Training School, were all, in a very real degree, the result of Westcott's energy and influence as regius professor.

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  • He was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became fellow and tutor, graduating fourth in the classical tripos of 1860.

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  • At the Cambridge tripos (as described by Jebb in 1774, Remarks, &c., pp. 20-31) the first twenty-four candidates were also selected by a preliminary test; they were then divided further into " wranglers" (the disputants, par excellence) and Senior Optimes, the next twelve on the list being called the Junior Optimes.

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  • These names have in the mathematics tripos survived the procedure.

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  • The standard of examinations was raised in Cambridge at an earlier date than at Oxford, and in the 18th century the tripos " established the reputation of Cambridge as a School of Mathematical Science."

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  • It was only between 1830 and 1840 that the standard of the tripos became a high one.

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  • The " senior wrangler " was the first candidate in order of merit in the first part of the mathematical tripos.

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  • Perhaps his popularity and many-sidedness militated against his academical success; at any rate he only obtained, to his chagrin, a second class in the History Tripos.

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  • In 1850 Hort took his degree, being third in the classical tripos, and in 1852 he became fellow of his college.

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  • His name appears fourth in the Tripos list for 174 8 - 1 749; and in '755 he was moderator in that examination.

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  • Though he did not compete in the mathematical tripos, he acquired a great reputation at the university.

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  • In 1825 he gained a Trinity scholarship. De Morgan's love of wide reading somewhat interfered with his success in the mathematical tripos, in which he took the fourth place in 1827.

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  • He was educated at the Victoria College, Stellenbosch, at the Cape University, and then went to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he took a " double first " in the Law Tripos in 1894.

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  • The Mathematical Tripos includes Computational Project courses which train students to solve analytically intractable mathematical problems using computers.

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  • In January of the following year he was placed seventh in the advanced papers of the Tripos.

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  • Before he sat the Natural Science Tripos in 1881 he suffered a tragedy when his brother Dante died suddenly.

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  • In his third year his health broke down, and he was thus unable to present himself for honors in the mathematical tripos.

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  • He is the main lecturer in economic history in Part I of the undergraduate tripos.

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  • In 1901-1902, she achieved a first in both parts of the natural sciences tripos at the University of Cambridge.

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  • Teaching Interests Ruehl lectures on the history of political thought since c. 1890 in part II of the History tripos.

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  • He did not study economics until his third year at Cambridge where it was required as part of the moral sciences tripos.

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  • This contains a very thorough study of the mathematics tripos in the 19th century.

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  • Assessment and Examination For the first two years undergraduates sit tripos examinations at the end of the Easter Term.

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  • Tripos Question too long Final question on PDW 's course felt to be far too long.

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  • Details of the tripos papers may be found in the Cambridge University Guide to Courses.

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  • In particular, there was a major change to the structure of the diploma and tripos course around 1988.

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  • Please note that certain classes of material, particularly journals and tripos projects may not be borrowed.

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