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Wrangler (University of Cambridge)

Overview

At the University of Cambridge in England, a "Wrangler" is a student who gains first-class honours in the Mathematical Tripos competition. The highest-scoring student is the Senior Wrangler, the second highest is the Second Wrangler, and so on. By contrast, the person who achieves the lowest exam marks while still earning a third-class honours degree (that is, while still earning an honours degree at all) is known as the wooden spoon.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Wrangler (University of Cambridge)

• Henry Sidgwick
• William Kingdon Clifford
• John Venn
• Bertrand Russell
• Alfred North Whitehead

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Place in the tradition

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