July 10th, 2007
Yale University can trace its roots back to the 1640s when a colonial clergy man put all his efforts into establishing a college in Newhaven.
His aim was to preserve European liberal education in the New World.
It was fulfilled in 1701 when a charter was granted for a school where young men would receive instruction in Arts and Sciences. In 1718 the school was renamed Yale College, this was after the Welsh Merchant Elihu Yale who had donated the entire proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods and 417 books, also a portrait of King George 1. Read the rest of this entry »
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