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. It is best known for helping Adam Smith in the 18th century.
Snell had been a Royalist in the Civil War, and was later secretary to the Duke of Monmouth and had the management of his Scottish estates. He intended the bequest to be used to educate Scottish clergymen for the then-established Scottish Episcopal Church. By Adam Smith's day, the bequest was mostly regarded as an educational charity, though its exact status was not settled until later. "By the will of John Snell his exhibitors were under bond to take Anglican orders and return to Scotland, but the penalty was not enforced in the case of Adam Smith and numerous others." (Fay, quoting the Times obituary of Smith.)
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
