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Cornell University

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Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States, co-founded by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White in 1865. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Founded Year
1865 1
Country
United States 1
City
Ithaca 1
Ownership Type
Private non-profit 1
Classification
Institution Type
University 1
Statistics
Enrollment Size
24,900 2
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Cornell University was funded in part as New York's land-grant institution under the Morrill Act, endowed with valuable timber land the state selected in Wisconsin.

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1. Cornell University (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865.
  • Infobox, Established
    April 27, 1865
  • Infobox, Location
    Ithaca, New York, United States
  • Infobox, Location (city)
    Ithaca, New York, United States
  • Infobox, Type
    Private land-grant research university
  • Description, institution-kind classification
    Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States, co-founded by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White in 1865.
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2. Wikidata: Cornell University
  • Wikidata Q49115, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q49115, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
  • Wikidata Q49115 P2196 (number of students), latest-time (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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