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Wayne State University is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 375 programs. It is
Anthony Wayne, the university's namesake
Detroit College of Medicine, c. 1911
Aerial view of the campus
Old Main
Anthony Wayne
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Anthony Wayne was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military
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…named Wayne University, taking its name from Wayne County (in which both the university and the city of Detroit reside), which was itself named after Anthony Wayne, a notable major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Wayne University added a School of Social Work in 1935, and the School…
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796). (Pastel by James Sharples, Sr., c. 1795; Independence National Historical Park.)
18th-century print of Wayne
1780 letter from Wayne to Israel Shreve
Statue of Wayne at Valley Forge, facing toward his home in nearby Paoli, Pennsylvania