Elihu Yale

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Elihu Yale was an 18th-century British merchant and philanthropist whose donations to a colonial college in New Haven led to that institution being renamed Yale University in his honor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
merchant
philanthropist
alternateName Governor Yale
associatedWith British East India Company
surface form: East India Company

Madras Presidency
Yale University
birthDate 1649-04-05
birthPlace Boston
Massachusetts Bay Colony
burialPlace St Giles’ Church, Wrexham
child Anne Yale
Catherine Hynmers
surface form: Catherine Yale

Ursula Yale
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1721-07-08
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
donatedTo Collegiate School of Connecticut
Yale University
educatedAt St Paul's School, London
surface form: St Paul’s School, London
employer British East India Company
surface form: East India Company
era 18th century
late 17th century
father David Yale
hasMonument Yale monument at St Giles’ Church, Wrexham
heritage Welsh descent
knownFor philanthropy in education
service in the British East India Company
mother Ursula Knight
name Elihu Yale self-link
nationality English
notableFor donations to the Collegiate School of Connecticut
eponym of Yale University
occupation colonial administrator
merchant
philanthropist
positionHeld Governor of Madras
surface form: Governor of Fort St. George

Governor of Madras
surface form: President of Madras
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence London, England
surface form: London

Chennai
surface form: Madras

Plas Grono
spouse Catherine Hynmers
workLocation Fort St. George
Chennai
surface form: Madras

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Yale University namedAfter Elihu Yale
Elihu Yale name Elihu Yale self-link
Theophilus Eaton relative Elihu Yale
Mount Yale namedAfter Elihu Yale