Dangane da tarihin wannan kyauta da kuma dalilin kirkiro ta a nan muna iya cewa sakamakon kirkiro wannan nakiya mai fashewa da wannan masani ya yi da kuma irin barnar da take yi sakamakon amfani da ita ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba a lokacin yaki wajen kashe mutane saboda haka kafin mutuwarsa sai ya rubuta wata wasiyya wacce ya sanya mata hannu a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba 1895 inda a cikin wani bangare na wasiyyar ya bayyana cewar yana so a kowace shekara idan an sami wani mutum guda wanda ya yi wani kwazo a fagen ci gaban bil'adama a bashi kyauta daga dukiyar da ya mutu ya bari. To wannan shi ne dalilin kirkiro wannan kyauta da kuma tarihin yadda aka samo ta. An fara ba da wannan kyautar ne a shekarar 1901 kimanin shekaru biyar bayan mutuwarsa, don ya rasu ne a ranar 10 ga watan Disamba 1896 a fagagen ilimin kimiyya da adabi da Zaman Lafiya da sauran fagage irin su tattalin arziki wadanda aka shigo da shi a 1968.