Talk:Cunningham Medal

Thomas Wallace (1796 award)
The history here is that Thomas Wallace (then a law student at TCD) submitted two essays. One (Variations in the Prose Style of the English Language, 1796) was awarded the 1796 prize. The other (An Essay on the Manufactures of Ireland, 1798) was not published until 1798 (self-published in London by Wallace) as the prize committee judging the award took time to come to a conclusion, awarding the prize for that essay to William Preston (poet). Preston would later also be awarded the Cunningham Medal for 1805, but that appears to have been for a different essay. What is clear is that this Thomas Wallace is the Dublin barrister who later became an MP: Thomas Wallace (Irish MP). Carcharoth (talk) 12:17, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The above is from, (Donahoe's Magazine - Volume 2 - Page 326, 1879),  (An Essay on the Manufactures of Ireland, 1798). Carcharoth (talk) 12:19, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Charles William Wall
One of the 1858 recipients was Charles William Wall, who was the oriental languages and biblical scholar whose obituary is here: - "THE REV. CHARLES WILLIAM WALL, D.D. BORN A.D. 1777.-DIED A.D. 1862. CHARLES WILLIAM WALL, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, died on the 3rd of August 1862". The award was for his work: 'Proofs of the Interpolation of the Vowel Letters in the Text of the Hebrew Bible'. (as detailed on p.304 of Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy - Volume 8, 1864) Carcharoth (talk) 12:30, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Proofs of the Interpolation of the Vowel Letters in the Text of the Hebrew Bible (archive.org) The dedication is delightful. Carcharoth (talk) 12:42, 27 August 2023 (UTC)