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Yale UniversityIn 1701, ten Congregationalist ministers met in the study of Reverend Samuel Russell in Branford, Connecticut, to donate books and establish an institution…
Harvard UniversityIn 1636, the Massachusetts General Court voted to establish a new college, not to create a secular institution of higher learning, but to ensure that the…
Columbia UniversityOn the 31st of October 1754, King George II of Great Britain signed a royal charter establishing King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in…
Princeton UniversityIn 1746, four Presbyterian ministers who had been expelled from the Synod of Philadelphia gathered in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to establish a new college that…
Stanford UniversityIn 1885, a grieving father and mother, Leland and Jane Stanford, transformed their personal tragedy into a public institution that would eventually reshape…