Princeton University was founded at Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1746 as the College of New Jersey.. New Light Presbyterians founded the College of New Jersey, later Princeton University, in 1746 in order to train ministers dedicated to their views. The college was the educational and religious capital of Scottish-Irish America. By 1808, a loss of confidence in the college within …

Univerzitet Princeton je privatni, istraživački univerzitet sa sjedištem u gradu Princetonu, u američkoj saveznoj državi New Jersey. Osnovan je 1746. godine u Elizabethu kao College of New Jersey. Jedan je od 9 kolonijalnih univerziteta jer je osnovan prije američke revolucije i četvrta institucija za visoko obrazovanje u američkim kolonijama.[4][5] Sjedište univerziteta je ...

161 rows · This list of Princeton University people include notable alumni (graduates and attendees) or faculty members (professors of various ranks, researchers, and visiting lecturers or professors) affiliated with Princeton University.People who have given public lectures, talks or non-curricular seminars; studied as non-degree students; received honorary degrees; or …

Geoffrey Wolff 's The Final Club is a coming-of-age book about Nathaniel Auerbach Clay, a fictional member of the Princeton Class of 1960 (Wolff was an actual member of this class). The Final Club is written as homage to F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby. Princeton plays a large part in the second half of Stephen ...

Princeton University is a private university in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States.It opened in 1746 with the name "The College of New Jersey". It was eventually named "Princeton University" in 1896. In conversation, it is simply called, "Princeton". Princeton is one of the 8 Ivy League colleges. It was the fourth official college in the United States.