Collegiate School of Connecticut

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The Collegiate School of Connecticut was the early name for what became Yale University, a prestigious Ivy League institution of higher education in New Haven, Connecticut.

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instanceOf college
institution of higher education
academicFocus classical education
philosophy
theology
affiliation Ivy League (through its successor Yale University) NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Collegiate School NERFINISHED
charterDate October 1701
charteredBy Colony of Connecticut NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
educationLevel tertiary education
formerNameOf Yale University NERFINISHED
foundedBy Abraham Pierson NERFINISHED
Congregationalist ministers
Israel Chauncy NERFINISHED
James Pierpont NERFINISHED
Joseph Webb NERFINISHED
Noadiah Russell NERFINISHED
Samuel Andrew NERFINISHED
Samuel Mather NERFINISHED
Thomas Buckingham NERFINISHED
governedBy board of trustees
hasMottoLanguage Latin (through its successor Yale)
historicalEra colonial America
inception 1701
languageOfInstruction Greek
Hebrew
Latin
locatedIn Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
movedTo New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED
movementDate 1716
namedAfter Elihu Yale NERFINISHED
notableBenefactor Elihu Yale NERFINISHED
originalLocation Saybrook, Connecticut NERFINISHED
partOf Yale University NERFINISHED
predecessorOf Yale College NERFINISHED
Yale University NERFINISHED
purpose training Congregationalist ministers
regionServed New England
religiousAffiliation Congregationalism
renamedAs Yale College NERFINISHED
renamingDate 1718
significance one of the earliest colleges in British North America
successor Yale University NERFINISHED
type private college

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Elihu Yale donatedTo Collegiate School of Connecticut
James Pierpont founded Collegiate School of Connecticut
Abraham Pierson employer Collegiate School of Connecticut
this entity surface form: Collegiate School in Saybrook