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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.
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 ]
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.
Abraham Pierson (1646 – March 5, 1707 [1]) was an American Congregational minister who served as the first rector, from 1701 to 1707, and one of the founders of the Collegiate School — which later became Yale University.
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the 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 Yale School of Medicine is the medical school at Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. [2] The primary teaching hospital for the school is Yale New Haven Hospital.
Yale University Press: Publication date. January 11, 1999 ... 9780300016369: Yale: A History is a 1999 book written by Brooks Mather Kelley on the history of Yale ...
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.