Robert College, Constantinople
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Robert College, Constantinople was a pioneering American-founded Protestant educational institution in Istanbul that became one of the most prestigious schools in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert College | 3 |
| Robert College, Constantinople canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boarding school
ⓘ
college ⓘ educational institution ⓘ high school ⓘ |
| accreditedBy | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| affiliation | American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Robert College of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusFeature |
historic stone buildings
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overlooks the Bosphorus ⓘ |
| campusTransferredTo | Turkish state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartered | 1860 ⓘ |
| city | Istanbul ⓘ |
| country |
Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| educationalLevel |
secondary education
ⓘ
tertiary education ⓘ |
| educationalModel | liberal arts college ⓘ |
| established | 1863 ⓘ |
| formerName | Robert College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
American missionaries
ⓘ
American philanthropists ⓘ Christopher Rhinelander Robert NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrus Hamlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
American donations
ⓘ
Protestant missionary societies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Board of Trustees based in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Constantinople
NERFINISHED
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Istanbul ⓘ Rumeli Hisarı NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | European side of the Bosphorus ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Boğaziçi University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Protestant missionary educational work in the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
educating political and intellectual elites of the Balkans and the Middle East ⓘ pioneering American-style liberal arts education in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ prestige in Ottoman and Turkish education ⓘ |
| oneOf |
first American college founded outside the United States
ⓘ
oldest American schools outside the United States ⓘ |
| opened | 1863 ⓘ |
| region | Bosphorus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Protestantism ⓘ |
| servedPopulation |
students from modern Turkey
ⓘ
students from the Balkans ⓘ students from the Middle East ⓘ students from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| successorInstitution |
Boğaziçi University
NERFINISHED
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Robert College (Turkish high school) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | private school ⓘ |
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