Demyship
A demyship is a form of scholarship at Magdalen College, Oxford. It is derived from demi-socii or half-fellows (being historically entitled to half the allowance awarded to Fellows).
When the college was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, the Founder ordained that in addition to forty senior scholars, or Fellows, there should be thirty poor scholars, commonly called Demies, of good morals and dispositions fully equipped for study. (Compare "postmasters" at Merton College, Oxford).
Recipients (known as demies, pronounced to rhyme with "surmise") are still admitted to the College's Foundation (in increased numbers, following changes to the system of scholarships) and are entitled to attend certain ceremonies and dinners.
Notable demies
- Oscar Wilde
- Lewis Gielgud
- Lord Denning
- T. E. Lawrence
- Niall Ferguson
- Kenneth Tynan
- George Osborne
- Peter Medawar
- Chris Huhne
gollark: I'm pretty sure the range of possibly-maths-involving careers is very wide, and it'd help you with physics and similar subjects.
gollark: Thus, study things you like now.
gollark: It's not as if you have to preplan your entire life to pick a schooling option.
gollark: What gets counted as a separate career is kind of arbitrary.
gollark: No, 12000 in general. I assume you could get 12000 maths ones if you slice them up finely enough though.
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