Demyship

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A demyship (or demy) is a form of scholarship, specifically at Magdalen College, Oxford. Oscar Wilde, Lewis Gielgud and T. E. Lawrence were famous recipients. It is derived from demi-socii or half-fellows. Magdalen's founder, William of Waynflete, originally provided them for the College. Recipients (known as demies) are still admitted to the College's Foundation as well as being able to attend certain special ceremonies and dinners. Recent demies include the historian Niall Ferguson and George Osborne.

[edit] See also

• Exhibition (scholarship)
• Scholarship — scholar
• Fellows at Oxford and Cambridge

[edit] External links

• Awards and prizes at Magdalen College, Oxford