The Gaisford Prize is a prize in the University of Oxford, founded in 1855 in memory of Dr Thomas Gaisford (1779–1855). For most of its history, the prize was awarded for Classical Greek Verse and Prose. The prizes now include the Gaisford Essay Prize and the Gaisford Dissertation Prize.
Thomas Gaisford
Thomas Gaisford was an English classical scholar and clergyman. He served as Dean of Christ Church from 1831 until his death.
Thomas Gaisford, portrait taken from the Imagines Philologorum
Poetae minores graeci, vol. I, 1823