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Official seal used by the college and the university. Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
Woodbridge Hall, location of the university president's office. Yale University was founded in 1701 as a school for Congregationalist ministers. One of its ten founding ministers, Abraham Pierson, became its first Rector, the administrative and ecclesiastical head of the college.
Residence of Rev. Samuel Russell, Branford, Connecticut, where founders of Yale College met. Samuel Russell (4 November 1660 – 24 June 1731 [1]) was one of the founders of Yale University. [2] [3] He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the second son of Rev. John Russell [4] and Rebecca Newberry Russell.
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University.Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, when its schools were confederated and the institution was renamed Yale University.
Seven of the nine colonial colleges became seven of the eight Ivy League universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, and Dartmouth. The remaining Ivy League institution, Cornell University, was founded in 1865. These are all private universities.
James Pierpont or Pierrepont (January 4, 1659 – November 22, 1714) was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University in the United States. Early life [ edit ]
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, an Ivy League institution, has apologized for its role in slavery. (Photo by Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images)
Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator.. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale lived in America only as a child, and spent the rest of his life in England, Wales, and India.