Colonial-born English merchant and philanthropist who made a series of contributions to the Collegiate School in Connecticut, which was renamed in Yale's honor (1718). A peak, 4,329.8 m (14,196 ft) high, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado. an old and respected US university, established in 1701 in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale is one of the Ivy League colleges
Fort Yale was established in 1847 by a group of men originally from Fort Langley The leader, Ovid Allard, named this new settlement "Fort Yale" after James Murray Yale, the officer in charge at Fort Langley The town of Yale's location on the Fraser River made it a major center when the Fraser River was still the main method of shipping and transportation When the CPR arrived Yale lost it's importance as the transfer point between the Fraser River and the Fraser Canyon Wagon road leading to the Cariboo gold fields A few years after the arrival of the railway Yale's prosperity had decreased to the point where it was practically a ghost town
English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)
Private university in New Haven, Conn. , a traditional member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. Yale's initial curriculum emphasized classical studies and strict adherence to orthodox Puritanism. Medical, divinity, and law schools were added in 1810, 1822, and 1824. The geologist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864), who taught at Yale from 1802 to 1853, did much to expand the experimental and applied sciences. Beginning in the mid 19th century, schools of architecture, art, drama, forestry, graduate studies, management, music, and nursing were organized. Yale's library, with more than 10 million volumes, is one of the largest in the U.S. Its extensive art galleries were established in 1832. The Peabody Museum of Natural History houses important collections of paleontology, archaeology, and ethnology. Yale is one of the most highly regarded schools in the nation; its graduates have included several U.S. presidents