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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Predicate Object
instanceOf college
institution of higher education
academicFocus classical education
philosophy
theology
affiliation Ivy League (through its successor Yale University)
linked to: Yale University
alsoKnownAs Collegiate School
charterDate October 1701
charteredBy Colony of Connecticut
linked to: Connecticut Colony
country United States
educationLevel tertiary education
formerNameOf Yale University
foundedBy Abraham Pierson
Congregationalist ministers
Israel Chauncy
James Pierpont
Joseph Webb
Noadiah Russell
Samuel Andrew
Samuel Mather
Thomas Buckingham
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
movementDate 1716
namedAfter Elihu Yale
notableBenefactor Elihu Yale
originalLocation Saybrook, Connecticut
partOf Yale University
predecessorOf Yale College
Yale University
purpose training Congregationalist ministers
regionServed New England
religiousAffiliation Congregationalism
renamedAs Yale College
renamingDate 1718
significance one of the earliest colleges in British North America
successor Yale University
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 in Saybrook
linked to: Collegiate School of Connecticut
Governor Yale donatedTo Collegiate School in Saybrook
linked to: Collegiate School of Connecticut