College of New Jersey

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Ivy League university private research university university

The College of New Jersey, known at the time as the College of New Jersey and later renamed Princeton University, is a historic American institution of higher education founded in the 18th century in New Jersey.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
College of New Jersey canonical	42
College of New Jersey (Princeton University)	2
College of New Jersey (colonial)	2
College of New Jersey (did not graduate)	1
College of New Jersey (later Princeton University)	1
College of New Jersey at Princeton (attended briefly)	1
New Jersey College	1
Queen’s College, New Jersey	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ivy League university ⓘ private research university ⓘ university ⓘ
accreditationRegion	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Middle States region
associatedWithCity	Princeton ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
foundedIn	1746 ⓘ
foundingDate	1746-10-22 ⓘ
foundingPurpose	higher education in the American colonies ⓘ training ministers ⓘ
governedBy	Board of Trustees ⓘ
hasCampusType	residential campus ⓘ
hasEducationalLevel	graduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	major center of Presbyterian and later broader American intellectual life ⓘ one of the earliest institutions of higher education in the United States ⓘ
hasMotto	Dei Sub Numine Viget ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	Nassau Hall ⓘ
hasTypeOfInstitution	liberal arts college (historical) ⓘ
isOneOf	nine colonial colleges ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
laterBecame	major research university ⓘ
laterLocation	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Newark, New Jersey
locatedIn	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
locatedInTime	18th century ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation	Under God’s Power She Flourishes ⓘ
nameChangeDate	1896 ⓘ
NassauHallCompleted	1756 ⓘ
offersDegree	bachelor’s degree ⓘ doctoral degree ⓘ master’s degree ⓘ
originalLocation	Elizabeth, New Jersey ⓘ
predecessorOf	Princeton University ⓘ
region	Colonial America ⓘ
religiousAffiliationAtFounding	Presbyterian ⓘ
relocatedTo	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
relocationDate	1756 ⓘ
renamedAs	Princeton University ⓘ
sector	private, nonprofit ⓘ
servedAs	temporary capital of the United States ⓘ
state	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
temporaryUSCapitalYear	1783 ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jonathan Edwards → employer → College of New Jersey ⓘ

James Madison → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

George M. Dallas → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

George M. Dallas → almaMater → College of New Jersey ⓘ

John Witherspoon → employer → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Princeton University → formerName → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Henry Lee III → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Aaron Burr → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Princeton, New Jersey Colony → hasCollege → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of New Jersey (colonial)

Princeton, New Jersey Colony → hasInstitution → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of New Jersey (colonial)

Alexander Martin → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

William R. Davie → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Luther Martin → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

John Randolph of Roanoke → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of New Jersey (did not graduate)

Ninian Edwards → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Philip Freneau → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Lectures on Moral Philosophy → associatedWith → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Oliver Ellsworth → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon → spouseEmployer → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Stephen Van Rensselaer → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Stephen Van Rensselaer → almaMater → College of New Jersey ⓘ

George Walton Jr. → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Edwin B. Crocker → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of New Jersey (Princeton University)

John → employer → College of New Jersey ⓘ

subject surface form: John Witherspoon

Paul Tulane → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of New Jersey (later Princeton University)

Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Willie Blount → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen’s College, New Jersey

Willie Blount → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Jersey College

Light-Horse Harry → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Lee III

Aaron Ogden → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Joseph Henry → employer → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Washington Allston → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of New Jersey at Princeton (attended briefly)

Esther Edwards Burr → spouseEmployer → College of New Jersey ⓘ

this entity surface form: College of New Jersey (Princeton University)

Hugh Henry Brackenridge → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Hugh Henry Brackenridge → almaMater → College of New Jersey ⓘ

William L. Dayton → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Elias Boudinot → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Joseph Borden McKean → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

James Iredell Jr. → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Charles Fenton Mercer → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Joseph Reed → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Joseph Reed → almaMater → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Joseph Reed → studiedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

subject surface form: Smith Thompson

George M. Robeson → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Benjamin Hawkins → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Archibald Alexander Hodge → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Jonathan Dayton → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

John Payne Todd → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ

Brockholst Livingston → educatedAt → College of New Jersey ⓘ