Founders' kin
Founders' kin was a hereditary privilege at certain colleges of the University of Oxford whereby preference was given to applicants who were kin of, that is, related to or descended from, the founder or founders of that college. (It also existed at Winchester College, the feeder school for New College.)
Most founders' kin privileges were removed subsequent to the 1850 Royal Commission into the governance of the University.
Further reading
- G.D. Squibb, Founders' kin: privilege and pedigree (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972)
- 'Founders' Kin' in Christopher Hibbert (editor), The Encyclopaedia of Oxford (London: Macmillan, 1998), pages 144-145
- Chris Koenig, 'Have college blood relations run dry?', The Oxford Times, 2007-09-13, archived from the original on 2019-01-23
gollark: (Specifically the replies to those)
gollark: (What advancements? See here (yes, I know, twitter, but the answers are good): https://mobile.twitter.com/jasoncrawford/status/1230975051916169217 https://mobile.twitter.com/josephflaherty/status/1230972996061450241 )
gollark: I see. I don't really agree with that view, since there actually is a decent amount of new non-computer tech, and you're also saying "excluding very fast growth in a highly impactful area, we haven't had progress".
gollark: > singularity? lol never happening<@199297375582289920> Why not? What's your reasoning for being so sure?
gollark: If so, gotify.
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