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  Elihu Yale
Yale amassed a fortune in his lifetime, and he was generous with the proceeds.
Yale sent Mather a carton of goods that the school sold, earning them 560 pounds, which was a substantial sum in the early 1700s.
Yale died on July 8, 1721 and is buried in the churchyard of Wrexham[?], North Wales[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/el/Elihu_Yale.html   (265 words)

  
 Elihu Yale Introduction
Elihu Yale's life spanned a time of great changes in British History and also great achievements in the spheres of the Arts and Sciences, development in the form of government, the foundation of the British Empire and the expansion of trade and commerce.
Yale's father was taken to America (seventeen years after the first settlers sailed in the 'Mayflower') by his stepfather to avoid discrimination against the Puritans during the reign of Charles I. Elihu was born in the same year that Charles I was executed and Oliver Cromwell came to power.
Elihu Yale was one of the first to return from India with a fortune and consequently to be accused of sharp practice.
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 About Yale University: Yale and the World
Yale’s departments of biology, chemistry, molecular biophysics and biochemistry, physics, astronomy, mathematics, computer science, environmental science, geology and geophysics, and other scientific fields are consistently rated at or near the top of national rankings.
Yale was also at the forefront of welcoming foreign students: the first student from Latin America arrived in the 1830s, and the first Chinese national to matriculate at any U.S. college or university arrived at Yale in 1850.
Yale College admits students from all over the world under a policy that does not consider their financial resources ("need-blind admission") but makes sufficient financial aid available in order to cover the costs of a Yale education ("need-based financial aid").
www.world.yale.edu /about   (1417 words)

  
 Elihu Yale at AllExperts
Elihu Yale, (April 5, 1649 – July 8, 1721), was the first benefactor of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States.
Yale died on July 8, 1721, and is buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St Giles in Wrexham, Wales.
The church tower on the campus of Yale University is a replica of that of St Giles Church in Wrexham.
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 BBC - North East Wales Historical - Elihu Yale
Elihu's ancestors settled at Plas Yn Iâl in the fifteenth century, which inspired them to adopt what was to become their famous surname.
Elihu Yale died in London on July 8th 1721, and was buried in Saint Giles' Church, Wrexham.
Elihu Yale is as much our son as he is the USA's and we have every right to continue using the name.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/historical/elihu_yale.shtml   (1280 words)

  
 Elihu Yale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elihu Yale, (April 5, 1649 – July 8, 1721), was the first benefactor of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States.
Yale sent Mather a carton of goods that the school subsequently sold, earning them 560 pounds sterling, which was a substantial sum in the early 1700s.
Yale died on July 8, 1721, and is buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St Giles in Wrexham, Wales.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elihu_Yale   (450 words)

  
 Yale Elihu - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Yale, Elihu (1649-1721), English businessman and colonial administrator, born in Boston.
Yale University was founded in 1701 in Branford, Connecticut; later that year it was chartered as the Collegiate School.
Wrexham's church of St Giles is notable for its tower (41 m/136 ft high), while the graveyard is the resting place of Elihu Yale, the benefactor of...
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 About Yale | History
Yale’s roots can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World.
Yale’s distinguished faculty includes many who have been trained or educated abroad and many whose fields of research have a global emphasis; and international studies and exchanges play an increasingly important role in the Yale College curriculum.
Yale College was transformed, beginning in the early 1930s, by the establishment of residential colleges.
www.yale.edu /about/history.html   (489 words)

  
 Elihu Yale - HighBeam Encyclopedia
In 1718, Cotton Mather wrote Yale suggesting that the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Conn., might be named for him in return for financial support.
Yale donated a parcel of goods, which when sold brought £562 —the largest single gift to the college before 1837.
YALE: Elihu Yale to be feted on his 350th birthday.
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 Elihu Yale - Resultados de la búsqueda - prodigy MSN Encarta
Elihu Yale (1649-1721), hombre de negocios y administrador colonial inglés, nacido en Boston.
Yale era hijo de un colono norteamericano que regresó...
Elihu Root (1845-1937), jurista y político estadounidense, galardonado en 1912 con el Premio Nobel de la Paz.
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 The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : Yale, India, and the failure of the `global university'
Yale was also notorious for arresting and trying Indians on his own private authority, including the hanging of a stable boy who had absconded with a Company horse.
Although this was intended to be symbolic of Yale's global diversity, Dr. Levin sidelined the university's historical complicity with the exploitation and exclusion of minorities.
Yale University's history, bound up with violence against both Indians and African-Americans, is forcefully symbolised in a portrait that hangs in a campus boardroom.
www.hindu.com /2005/05/04/stories/2005050400441000.htm   (1441 words)

  
 Elihu Yale - Yale College
Elihu Yale wrote his epitaph before the end of the protracted dealings with the affairs of Connecticut College, New Haven.
The instigator of Elihu Yale's gift to Connecticut College was Jeremiah Dummer, the London agent for the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a Graduate of Harvard.
On 11 June 1718, Elihu Yale sent two trunks of textiles to be sold on behalf of the college, a collection of 417 books, a portrait and the arms of King George I. The total worth being about £1162, the largest donation made to the college in its first 122 years.
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 WCBC: Famous People : Elihu Yale
Elihu Yale was born 5th April 1649 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Yale family has a long ancestry in the area stretching back to the 15th century when they settled in Plas yn Ial, Llanarmon yn Ial and adopted the Yale surname.
Their connection with Wrexham began in the late 16th century when Elihu's great grandfather Dr David Yale bought the Plas Grono estate, which is now part of the Erddig estate.
www.wrexham.gov.uk /english/heritage/famous_people/elihu_yale.htm   (485 words)

  
 Life at Yale: Yale Graduate Chemistry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The hallmark of the Yale Chemistry Department is the remarkable sense of community that exists among the graduate students, faculty, and post-docs.
Yale University was founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in Branford, Connecticut.
The school moved to New Haven in 1716 and in 1718 it was renamed Yale College to honor the generous benefactor Elihu Yale.
www.chem.yale.edu /gradbrochure/gradlife.html   (933 words)

  
 Elihu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elihu Harris, mayor of Oakland, California, U.S. Elihu Emory Jackson, a governor of Maryland, U.S. Elihu Katz (1926–), a sociologist.
Elihu Thomson (1853–1937), an engineer instrumental in the founding of electrical companies in the United States, United Kingdom and France, and served as acting president of MIT in 1920.
Elihu is a senior society at Yale University.
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 YALE UNIVERSITY : Encyclopedia Entry
Yale's Handsome Dan is believed to be the first live college mascot in America, having been established in 1889.
The report noted that nine of Yale's residential colleges are named for slave owners or proponents of slavery such as John C. Calhoun; it also noted prominent abolitionists such as James Hillhouse associated with the university.
In 1977, Yale student Bonnie Garland was killed by a former boyfriend, Yale graduate Richard Herrin, while she was sleeping in her parents' house in Scarsdale, NY.
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 Elihu YALE
Yale College is, officially, a bilingual college, helping to foster Anglo-Welsh relations, although the predominant language spoken is English.
Although he was born in Boston and his step-grandfather had helped found New Haven Colony, Elihu Yale was raised in Britain, and was both an ardent member of the Church of England and a loyal supporter of the Crown.
Elihu Yale responded by sending a gift of three bales of goods, 417 books, a portrait of King George I ("to remind them of their duties to the king," noted Schiff) and a set of royal arms, which was later destroyed during the American Revolution.
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 INDOlink - News & Analysis - Student Ajay Gandhi Questions Yale Legacy
Elihu Yale went to India as a humble writer for the British and returned as a Nabob or a multi-millionaire.
Yale, who spent twenty-seven years in India, was governor of Fort St. George at Madras from 1687 to 1692, married the widow of his friend, accumulated a fortune in the diamond trade while in Madras, and later retired to England as a ‘Nabob’ or multi-millionaire.
Yale's official correspondence as Governor preserved in the India Office papers, show that on 22 February 1699 he sailed for London with ‘five tons of a most valuable cargo, including spices, precious stones, leather goods and oriental screens'.
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 The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - 1717 Yale University
In some respects, it is surprising that Elihu Yale agreed to serve as benefactor for a college run by Congregationalist ministers in the New World.
Drummer persuaded Elihu Yale to donate 32 books to the Collegiate School (as it was then known) in 1713.
Elihu Yale responded by sending a gift of three bales of goods, 417 books, a portrait of King George I ("to remind them of their duties to the king," noted Schiff) and a set of royal arms, which was later destroyed during the American Revolution.
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 Yale Alumni Magazine: News From Alumni House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The content of the magazine is the responsibility of the editors and the board of directors, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Yale or its officers.
Today Yale Club tutors are considered valuable resources, and our program is very much part of the fabric of the school.
Information on the Association of Yale Alumni and its programs is available by visiting www.aya.yale.edu, sending an e-mail to aya@yale.edu, or phoning (203) 432-2586.
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Yale ran for state senator in 1916 as the Republican candidate from the 2nd District.
Yale was born in Salisbury, N. Y., where the Yale family settled in 1810.
Yale bought and developed acreage in Kings County, in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wards of Queens and in New Jersey and Connecticut.
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 Elihu Yale
Yale, formerly governor of Fort George in the Indies, who has got a prodigious estate, and, having no son, now sends for a relation of his from Connecticut to make him his heir.
The result was that between 1714 and 1721 Governor Yale gave to the Collegiate school books and money whose total value was estimated at £800.
The original "Yale college" is not now standing, the oldest building on the grounds having been erected in 1752.
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 New Employee Orientation
Yale, a 300+ year old university, is recognized around the world as one of the preeminent institutions of learning and research.
In 1716 the school moved to New Haven and, with the generous gift by Elihu Yale of nine bales of goods, 417 books, and a portrait and arms of King George I, was renamed Yale College in 1718.
Yale is a non-profit, overseen by a board called the Yale Corporation.
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 Yale University and Skull and Bones
David Yale's son, Thomas Yale, married Ann Lloyd, daughter of George Lloyd, Bishop of Chester, in England.
Elihu Yale was educated, in the classical way, in London, England, and served with the British East Indian Company as a clerk under his father.
Elihu Yale was a benefactor to Yale University, in Connecticut, and a replica of Wrexham church tower was built on Yale's Campus.
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 The Yale Herald - January 17, 2003 - Yale must face up to racial legacy
The Yale Herald is an undergraduate publication at Yale University.
Now, all evidence indicates that Eli Yale was not a slave owner, and showing servants or slaves at their masters' feet was a convention in 18th-century portraits.
The University's negotiators clearly believe that their proposals are in the best interests of education at Yale, but I question the real lessons and quality of an education that relies on under-paying minority workers and denying them opportunities for career advancement.
www.yaleherald.com /article.php?Article=1554   (594 words)

  
 Time Travelers - Culver Family History
Eliza was descended from the famous Yale family of Wales, among whose modern members we find the inventors of Yale Locks and Elihu Yale, the founding donor of Yale University.
The sources of information for the genealogy of the Yales after their settlement in America were, "The Yale Family," by Judge Elihu Yale, "The New Haven Historical Society Papers," the living Yales themselves, and their descendants.
The district of Yale, together with the adjoining district of Bromfield on the west, have formed since the end of the thirteenth century, a lordship, known as the lordship of Bromfield and Yale.
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 Yale Daily News - Eli-mentary School
While both Yale University and the Elihu Yale Elementary School, which teaches students from kindergarten through eighth grade, serve young and curious minds, the two schools have little else in common.
Otherwise, Elihu Yale Elementary almost resembles any other school with posters on the walls that list "Keys To Success." These keys encourage students to "Read to Succeed" and remind everybody, "I Can." Uniformed kindergarteners line up next to their tiny lockers.
Still, the racial difference between the all-white Yale Club tutors, the all-fl administration and student body, and the mix of fl and white teachers is hard to ignore.
www.yaledailynews.com /Article.aspx?ArticleID=30840   (4239 words)

  
 Yale Daily News - 'Law and Order' star returns to Yale for talk
Elihu Club member Scott Cannell '57, who was instrumental in bringing the actor to campus, said Waterston's continuing success makes him an ideal candidate for reaching a wide audience.
Bobby Kolba '06, the president of the Yale Dramat, said he is excited to hear from Dramat alumnus Waterston because of the insights the actor will no doubt share about his own Yale theatrical background.
Elihu Club president Andrew Towne '05 said that he feels such lectures are particularly valuable for current Yale students.
www.yaledailynews.com /Article.aspx?ArticleID=28095   (874 words)

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