Vanderbilt University
- United States
- Founded 1873
Overview
Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school with its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift, and the greater work of the university, would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1873Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
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| Main location | NashvilleSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Students | 12,962 (2021)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Staff | 3,358 (year not stated)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | vanderbilt.edu (opens in a new tab) |
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| YouTube | Official channel (opens in a new tab) |
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People who studied here
- Al Gore (opens in a new tab)Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)
- Muhammad Yunus (opens in a new tab)Bangladeshi banker, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the former Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
- Yun Ch'iho (opens in a new tab)Korean independence activist (1864-1945)
- John Nance Garner (opens in a new tab)Vice President of the United States from 1933 to 1941
- Edward Emerson Barnard (opens in a new tab)American astronomer and astronomical photographer (1857-1923)
- Stanford Moore (opens in a new tab)American biochemist (1913-1982)
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