Virginia, University of

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Virginia, University of, mainly at Charlottesville; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1819, opened 1825 with Thomas Jefferson as its rector. Jefferson also planned the organization and curriculum and designed its first buildings. A leading Southern university, it was the first U.S. university to use the elective system. The university is known for its law school and for its library, which contains collections in American literature and international law. It also operates Clinch Valley College at Wise. Its colonnaded buildings and rectangular "Lawn" are part of the spacious campus. Mary Washington College Mary Washington College, mainly at Fredericksburg, Va.; state supported; chartered 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women; first given its present name in 1938; coeducational since 1970.
..... Click the link for more information. was consolidated with the Univ. of Virginia from 1944 to 1972.

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See G. Wills, Mr. Jefferson's University (2002).

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