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Friends Seminary, established by members of the Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers, was founded in 1786 as Friends' Institute through a $10,000 bequest of Robert Murray, a wealthy New York merchant. It was located on Pearl Street in Manhattan and strived to provide Quaker children with a "guarded education."
Friends' School, Saffron Walden, England, (known as Walden School in 2016–17) the oldest Friends School, was founded in 1702, under the care of Britain Yearly Meeting which indirectly appointed the school's Board of Governors through the Friends' School Saffron Walden General Meeting [19] The school closed at the end of the summer term, 2017.
Pages in category "Friends Seminary alumni" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. David Allee;
The following are the oldest private schools in the United States that are still in operation. The list does not include schools that have closed or consolidated with another school to form a new institution.
Evangelical Friends Church International (EFCI) is a branch of the Society of Friends yearly meetings (regional associations) located around the world. This branch makes up most Evangelical Quaker meetings from the Gurneyites .
In 1994, Bethany Theological Seminary, affiliated with the Church of the Brethren, relocated to Richmond, Indiana, from Oak Brook, Illinois, and entered into a partnership with Earlham School of Religion. The schools remain independent but coordinate curriculum through a jointly operated Academic Services office, and they operate a combined ...
Earlham was founded in 1847 as the Friends Boarding School, a boarding high school for the religious education of Quaker adolescents. [6] In 1859, Earlham became Earlham College , upon the addition of collegiate academics.
Friends University is a private nondenominational Christian university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was founded in 1898. It was founded in 1898. The main building was originally built in 1886 for Garfield University but was donated in 1898 to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) by James Davis, a St. Louis business man.