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Show Dates of Founding of Famous Colleges An Interesting compilation of the date? of the founding of the great universities uni-versities of the world has been made as follows: The University of Oxford was founded by King Alfred In 872; the first college of the University of Cambridge was founded by- Hugo, bishop of Elv, In 1257; the University of Paris was founded by King Philip II, about 1200. The first university of the German empire was at Prague, Bohemia, 1348; Trinity college, Dublin, Dub-lin, was Incorporated by royal charter In 1591 ; the University of Edinburgh the youngest in Scotland, was founded In 1582 by a charter by King James IV of Scotland. 171 years after St Andrews, An-drews, the most ancient. Harvard university uni-versity had its beginning at Newton,, afterward Cambridge, Mass., In 1630; Yale university had its beginning at i Saybrook, Conn., In 1700, and was re- J moved to New Haven, in 1710, and the William and Mary college was started in 1617, and was chartered at Williamsburg. Wil-liamsburg. Va In 1G!)3. |