The Collegiate School of Connecticut was renamed Yale College in 1718 after a gift of money and books was donated by Elihu Yale, a Boston-born British official.
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To the northeast of the village stands Plas yn I�l, the ancestral home of the Yale family who included Elihu Yale, a benefactor of Yale University in the USA.
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Three Killingworth Court, Saybrook Court, and the largest, Branford Court commemorate Connecticut towns significant to the school's founding, and a fourth, Wrexham Court, the resting place of Elihu Yale.
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In February 1696, Elihu Yale petitioned the Court of Directors once again over the unjust way in which he had been tried by the Council of Fort St George.
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The Welsh college's Web site, www . yale . ac . uk, says the school was named for Elihu Yale, the American university's benefactor, who is buried in Wrexham.
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At the top of the center window appears the name of an early benefactor of Yale University, Elihu Yale, and around his name are the names of the James Hadley.
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Just west of the tower is the grave of Elihu Yale, after whom Yale University in the USA is named, with its long, self-composed epitaph opening with the following lines:
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In 1718, the name of the Collegiate School was changed to Yale College in response to a large donation from British East India Company merchant Elihu Yale, former Governor of Madras.
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The " Collegiate School " moved to New Haven in 1716, and shortly after was renamed Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale.
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The estate of Plas yn I�l in the village was the seat of the I�l family, whose most well-known member is Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company.
