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Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80034912

Additional Information

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n80034912

Descriptor
Associated Locale
Associated Language
Field of Activity
Education, Higher

Identified By

http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q49167

Identified By

http://viaf.org/viaf/145115213

Identified By

https://isni.org/isni/0000000122937601

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++80034912#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University Label from public data source Wikidata
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn)

Sources

found: The Wesleyan argus, 1868-

found: Wikipedia, May 17, 2023(Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the college was the first institution of higher education to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. It is now a secular institution. The college accepted female applicants from 1872 to 1909, but did not become fully co-educational until 1970) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_University

Editorial Notes

[Old catalog heading: Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.]

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Change Notes

1980-05-22: new

2023-05-18: revised

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