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Originally Posted by bkcunningham1
Question: What were the first universities in America and who founded these universities?
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The College of William and Mary is where Thomas Jefferson went to college along with other future US presidents and 16 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Col...lliam_%26_Mary
It seemed to go through extensive changes as not to seem entangling church and state. Unlike Harvard, it also looks like it was a public institution.
If I remember correctly both William and Mary were against the establishment of religion in England, Scotland and Ireland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_and_Mary