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  1. Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892.

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      President William Preston Few insisted that the university...

  2. President William Preston Few insisted that the university be named Duke University, and James B. Duke agreed on the condition that it be a memorial to his father and family. The university grew up quickly. Duke's original campus (now East Campus) was rebuilt from 1925 to 1927 with Georgian-style buildings.

  3. Duke University is a private university in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1838. The school was formed by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity. [7] . The school moved to Durham in 1892. [8] It has advanced research.

  4. Duke University Press is an academic publisher and university press affiliated with Duke University. It was founded in 1921 by William T. Laprade as The Trinity College Press. (Duke University was initially called Trinity College). In 1926 Duke University Press was formally established.

  5. Pamela Gann (J.D. 1973), president of Claremont McKenna College and former dean of Duke University School of Law. Geoffrey Garrett (Ph.D.), political scientist, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania [109] Susan Henking (B.A. 1977), president of Shimer College; scholar of religious studies.

  6. The history of Duke University began when Brown's Schoolhouse, a private subscription school in Randolph County, North Carolina, was founded in 1838. The school was renamed to Union Institute Academy in 1841, Normal College in 1851, and to Trinity College in 1859.

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  8. Jun 13, 2024 · Duke University, private coeducational institution of higher learning in Durham, North Carolina, U.S., affiliated with but not controlled by the United Methodist Church. In 1838 a regular program of education was initiated at a schoolhouse in Randolph county, to the west of Durham, and a year later.

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