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in 1755 and post-secondary instruction began shortly thereafter. It was the
College of Philadelphia which ultimately was renamed the University of Pennsylvania in 1791. Penn considered 1749 to be its founding date until 1899, when the board of trustees voted to retroactively revise its founding
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is the founder of the institution which grew to become the
University of Pennsylvania. Franklin first convened a board of trustees for an organizational meeting on November 13, 1749. They opened a secondary school, the Academy of Philadelphia, in 1751. A collegiate charter was obtained for the
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date to 1740 in order to make the university older than
Princeton University, which had been chartered in 1746. The 1740 date was selected because, in that year, a group of Philadelphians joined together to build a large preaching hall for the use of traveling evangelist
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Whitefield but it never opened before the building was purchased by Benjamin Franklin's group in 1750. The structure itself was known as the "New Building" but the associated educational trust itself was never
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Franklin's formal title was president of the board of trustees, first of the "Academy and
Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania" until the college was founded, and then of the "College, Academy and Charity School of Philadelphia in
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Penn became a degree-granting institution of higher learning in 1755. In preparation for this expansion in mission, William Smith was hired in 1754 to become the new provost. Neither George
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Chief administrators of the
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The chief administrator prior to 1930 was the provost.
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Chief administrators of the
University of Pennsylvania
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As described in more detail in the appended notes, a
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67:The Rev. John Andrews, D.D.
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413:University of Pennsylvania
392:University of Pennsylvania
371:University of Pennsylvania
350:University of Pennsylvania
328:University of Pennsylvania
306:University of Pennsylvania
284:University of Pennsylvania
274:William Heathcote DeLancey
262:University of Pennsylvania
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218:University of Pennsylvania
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199:University of Pennsylvania
176:University of Pennsylvania
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1175:The Daily Pennsylvanian
1084:Fight on, Pennsylvania!
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35:Academy of Philadelphia
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445:Josiah Harmar Penniman
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272:The Right Reverend
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1561:Edgar Smith
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1539:(1868–1880)
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1475:(1779–1802)
1467:(1754–1779)
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1120:Penn Relays
1089:Basketball
618:Amy Gutmann
296:John Ludlow
81:Birth–death
1702:Categories
1596:McClelland
1580:Presidents
1360:The Button
1204:Penn Press
891:Government
166:John Ewing
1362:sculpture
1308:(interim)
1301:President
1250:Glee Club
1240:Penn Band
1066:Athletics
1037:Penn Park
826:Education
652:2022–2023
622:2004–2022
607:1994–2004
577:1981–1993
562:1970–1981
547:1953–1970
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128:1749–1754
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1620:Harnwell
1569:Penniman
1553:Harrison
1505:DeLancey
1481:McDowell
1457:Franklin
1449:Provosts
1382:Category
1158:Palestra
1115:Lacrosse
1105:Football
879:Programs
841:Medicine
1676:Jameson
1660:Gutmann
1636:Hackney
1612:DuBarry
1604:Stassen
1529:Goodwin
1521:Vethake
1497:Beasley
1489:Andrews
1396:Commons
1132:Women's
1124:Soccer
1098:Women's
861:Wharton
846:Nursing
794:College
782:Schools
78:Provost
1668:Magill
1545:Pepper
1537:Stillé
1513:Ludlow
1354:statue
1346:statue
1338:statue
1293:People
1255:Masala
950:Places
821:Design
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688:title.
474:Notes
90:Notes
1652:Rodin
1644:Fagin
1588:Gates
1473:Ewing
1167:Media
1128:Men's
1093:Men's
675:Notes
1260:MERT
1228:Life
1219:WXPN
1214:WQHS
1078:Band
1328:Art
836:Law
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