St Mungo Prize facts for kids
The St Mungo Prize is a special award given out every three years. It celebrates someone who has done amazing things to make the city of Glasgow better and more famous.
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What is the St Mungo Prize?
The St Mungo Prize is given to a person who has greatly helped Glasgow. This person must have worked hard in the past three years. They might have made the city more beautiful. They could have helped its citizens live better lives.
The prize also honors those who have made the air cleaner. It recognizes people who bring different groups together. It celebrates those who improve arts and education. The goal is to make Glasgow shine brightly.
What Does the Prize Include?
The winner of the St Mungo Prize receives a shiny gold medal. They also get £1,000. This money comes from a special fund. The fund was set up in 1936 with £13,500.
Who Started the Prize Fund?
For many years, the person who started the fund was a secret. Later, it was found out to be Alexander Patterson Somerville. He was a shoe maker and artist from Glasgow. He wanted to help his city. He was revealed as the donor after he passed away in 1949.
St Mungo Prize Winners
Here is a list of the people who have won the St Mungo Prize:
- Lord Provost Patrick Dollan (1940)
- Tom Honeyman (1943)
- Sir William Burrell (1946)
- Sir Stephen Bilsland (1949)
- Violet Mary Craig Roberton (1952)
- Evelyn MacKenzie Anderson (1955)
- John D Kelly (1958)
- Nevile Davidson (1961)
- Tom Allan (1964)
- Ferguson Anderson (1967)
- Sir Alexander Gibson (1970)
- Arthur Oldham (1973)
- Sir Samuel Curran (1976)
- Dorothy Henderson (1979)
- Fred Paton (1982)
- Gavin Arneil (1985)
- Jack House (1988)
- Susan Baird (1991)
- Giles Havergal (1994)
- George Parsonage (1997)
- Sheila Halley (2002)
- Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden (2004)
- Willie Haughey (2007)
- John Arbuthnott (2010)
- Iain MacRitchie (2016)
