Elihu Yale
Politician
1649 – 1721
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Who was Elihu Yale?
Elihu Yale was a British merchant and philanthropist, Governor of the East India Company settlement in Bengal, at Calcutta and Chennai and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was renamed Yale College in his honor.
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- Born
- Apr 5, 1649
Boston - Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Boston
- London
- Died
- Jul 8, 1721
Wrexham
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on July 23, 2013
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