William Barton Rogers
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William Barton Rogers was an American geologist, physicist, and the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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In 1859, Rogers purchased a version of this Millington print of the William & Mary campus c. 1840. His family had lived in the Brafferton, the house on the left.
MIT Kresge Auditorium
College of William & Mary
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The College of William & Mary is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the se
William Barton Rogers
…the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). An acclaimed lecturer in the physical sciences, Rogers taught at College of William & Mary (1828–1835) and the University of Virginia (1835–1853). While at the university, he served as Virginia's first state geologist and led the state's first…
King William III and Queen Mary II, the college's namesakes
James Blair, founder of William & Mary
The College Building as it appeared from 1859–1862 with Italianate towers
The Wren Building, c. 1902