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Bartholomew Lloyd[edit]

Hi Charles, just a curious question. You created this article which contains the following paragraph:

  Born at New Ross, County Wexford, 5 February 1772, he was son of Humphrey Lloyd, himself the son of the Rev. Bartholomew Lloyd of the Abbey House of New Ross. His father died while he was still a boy, and an uncle, the Rev. John Lloyd, rector of Ferns and Kilbride, to whose care he had been given, also died shortly, so that he was left to struggle for himself. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1787 as a pensioner. In 1790 he gained first scholarship, in 1792 graduated B.A., and in 1796 obtained a junior fellowship. He graduated M.A. in the same year, B.D. in 1805, and D.D. in 1808.

What does the phrase He entered Trinity College as a pensioner actually mean, as he seems to have been about 15 years old?

Thanks Denisarona (talk) 07:09, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Denisarona: For Cambridge, the term is explained at commoner (academia). I'm not so familiar with terminology at Dublin, but it will perhaps be the same, a class of undergraduates that is basically about fees. Charles Matthews (talk) 06:41, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation but I think it would be better to use commoner in this case as it is more common in Ireland. Regards Denisarona (talk) 09:48, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Denisarona: The text was taken from s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Lloyd, Bartholomew, and I see that the revised ODNB text by M. C. Curthoys also uses pensioner. You can certainly pipe as [[commoner (academia)|pensioner]]. Charles Matthews (talk) 10:03, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A kitten for you![edit]

Thank you for the Wiki article on Rigged Hilbert space. It is exactly what I was looking for!

Quantumavik (talk) 13:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Quantumavik: Thanks. Standards here have changed greatly over 20 years, and it is good to know that some of the exposition is still useful. Also, that the Moscow School ideas are still of interest. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:18, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]