King's College

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King's College is the historic institution in New York City that later became Columbia University, known as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical university
predecessor institution
affiliation Church of England
associatedWith British Empire
campusSetting urban
charterDate 1754
charteredBy George II of Great Britain
surface form: King George II of Great Britain
city New York
country United States of America
surface form: United States
disestablished during the American Revolutionary War
educationalLevel tertiary education
firstPresident Samuel Johnson (college president)
founded 1754
foundedBy Church of England
Trinity Church
surface form: Trinity Church (New York City)
governance royal charter
historicalEra colonial America
languageOfInstruction English
laterKnownAs Columbia University
surface form: Columbia College

Columbia University
surface form: Columbia University in the City of New York
locatedIn Manhattan
New York City
Province of New York
locatedNear Lower Manhattan
Trinity Church Cemetery
surface form: Trinity Churchyard
notableAlumni Alexander Hamilton
DeWitt Clinton
Egbert Benson
Gouverneur Morris
John Jay
John Randolph of Roanoke
Robert R. Livingston
notableFaculty Samuel Johnson (college president)
oneOf nine colonial colleges
originalNameOf Columbia University
partOf New York Colony
surface form: Colony of New York
region Northeastern United States
religiousAffiliation Anglican
reopenedAs Columbia University
surface form: Columbia College
significance one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States
predecessor of an Ivy League university
status defunct
successor Columbia University
surface form: Columbia College

Columbia University
type colonial college

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Robert R. Livingston educatedAt King's College
John Jay educatedAt King's College
Columbia University formerName King's College
John Parke Custis educatedAt King's College
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School foundedBy King's College
this entity surface form: King’s College
Henry Rutgers educatedAt King's College
John educatedAt King's College
subject surface form: John Parke Custis
this entity surface form: King’s College (did not complete)
Robert R. Livingston, drafter of the Declaration of Independence educatedAt King's College
subject surface form: Robert R. Livingston
this entity surface form: King’s College