Stanhope essay prize

Stanhope essay prize

The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College, Oxford by Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855.

Notable winners include
* Charles Harding Firth,1877
* George Arnold Wood, 1889 and
* Vivian Hunter Galbraith, 1911
* Aldous Huxley


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