Yale College
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Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale 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 o
The coat of arms of the College is inspired by the coat of arms of Elihu Yale
Elihu Yale Memorial, St. Mary's Church, Madras
Harkness Tower at Yale
Sheffield–Sterling–Strathcona Hall, main administrative building of Yale College
Elihu Yale
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Elihu Yale was a British colonial administrator. Born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Yale lived in America only as a child, and spent the rest of his life in England, Wales, and India. He became
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…death, when the first treasurer of Yale, Nathaniel Lynde, donated land and a building. The college moved again to New Haven in 1716, and was renamed for Elihu Yale, an early benefactor, merchant, and philanthropist. Many of the early students were training to become ministers, and the original curriculum included…
Portrait by Enoch Seeman, 1717
Seaview of Fort St. George, the East India Company's headquarters in Madras, 1700s
The Government House at Fort St. George, seat of the Madras Presidency, where Yale would spend 29 years of his career
Warships attacking Fort St. George, Madras, along the Coromandel Coast. c. 1731 by Beorbe Lambert and Samuel Scott