Princeton University
- Historical Name: College of New Jersey
- Address: Nassau St
- Neighborhood of University in Princeton
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Firestone Library, Princeton | Library | ||
Joseph Henry House | House | ||
Princeton University Art Museum | Museums | ||
Princeton University Chapel | Chapel |
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Princeton's Rittenhouse Orrery | Orrery |
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1746/00/00 | Aaron Burr Sr | Founder | Aaron Burr, Thomas Clap, Jonathan Dickinson and Jonathan Edwards establish the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) in Elizabeth, New Jersey. | Creation of Higher Education in the United States | ||
1746/00/00 | Jonathan Edwards | Founder | Jonathan Edwards and three other men establish the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) in Elizabeth, New Jersey. | Creation of Higher Education in the United States | ||
1763/00/00 | Oliver Ellsworth | Education | Oliver Ellsworth transferres to the College of New Jersey in Princeton. | |||
1830/00/00 | Moses Woodruff Dodd | Education | Moses Woodruff Dodd attends Princeton. | |||
1902/06/00 | Woodrow Wilson | Work | Woodrow Wilson is elected President of Princeton University. He will raise admission standards, remove the "gentleman's C" tradition and reorganize the school in the Preceptorial System, which provides opportunity for individual instruction. | |||
1907/00/00 | Woodrow Wilson | Work | In the Princeton Alumni Weekly, Wilson introduces the Quad Plan which coordinates social and academic life by establishing residential colleges, or quadrangles, for all undergraduates instead of the current freshman and sophomore system. | |||
1913/09/24 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Education | At his Princeton interview, Scott persuades the admissions committee that it would be cruel for them to deny him entrance on his birthday. FSG wires home: ADMITTED SEND FOOTBALL PADS AND SHOES IMMEDIATELY PLEASE WAIT TRUNK | |||
1923/00/00 | Horatio Gates Lloyd | Education | Horatio Gates Lloyd graduates from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. | |||
1928/09/00 | James Stewart | Education | Jimmy Stewart enrolls at Princeton in the fall of 1928. Majoring in architecture, Stewart will become a member of the Princeton Charter Club. |
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Bainbridge House, Princeton |
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Nassau Hall, Princeton University |
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President's House |
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Prospect House, Princeton |
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Education | College Campus |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Institution of Higher Education | University |
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Head and Shoulders (short story) | Short Story | F Scott Fitzgerald | My father was a young economics professor at Princeton. |
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