Portal:Princeton University
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton was the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the Thirteen Colonies and thus one of the nine colonial colleges established before the American Revolution.
Reference works
[edit]- "Princeton," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Princeton," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 19) (1885)
- "Princeton University," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Princeton University," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Princeton University," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Princeton University," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
- "Princeton University," in Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed., 1922)