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a 300-year-old startup whose dropouts and presidents both think they invented America
means An Ivy League university in New Haven, Connecticut, founded in 1701, regularly ranked among the world's most prestigious institutions.
from Named for Elihu Yale, a merchant and administrator with the British East India Company who, around 1718, sent a gift of books, goods, and a portrait of King George I to a struggling Connecticut college; the grateful school renamed itself in his honor. His surname is Welsh, from 'iâl,' meaning 'fertile upland' — a place-name that became a family name long before it became a school. (Confusingly, there's also a 'yale' that's a mythical horned beast in medieval heraldry, but that creature and the university share no ancestry — just a spelling.)
- founded
- 1701, older than the United States itself
- skull and bones
- secret society that minted multiple presidents
- vault library
- glass tower of rare books inside a stone fortress
- named for
- a slave-trade merchant who gave some books
- bulldog mascot
- a real dog named Handsome Dan roams campus
yale university — ivy league institution founded in 1701 in new haven, connecticut
yale lock — pin tumbler lock invented by linus yale sr. in 1848, now standard worldwide
yale bulldogs — yale university's athletic teams, competing since 1865