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Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Lela
Campus statue of the Stanfords
Center of the campus in 1891
Ichthyologist and founding president of Stanford, David Starr Jordan
William Shockley, Stanford professor, Nobel laureate in physics, "Father of Silicon Valley"
Leland Stanford Jr.
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Leland Stanford Jr. was the only child of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane. Following his death from typhoid at age 15, Stanford became the namesake of Stanford
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…Stanford (the eighth governor of and then-incumbent United States senator representing California) and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr. The university admitted its first students in 1891, opening as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. It struggled financially after…
Leland Stanford in 1872
Stanford's death mask on display at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts