Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, established in 1873 as the Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, before being renamed for shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose initial one million dollar endowment was intended, in his own words, to help heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. The university comprises eleven schools, enrolls nearly 13,800 students on a 330-acre campus in Nashville's Midtown area, and is classified as an R1 doctoral university with very high research activity; it has been the only private school in the Southeastern Conference since 1966.
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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.
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Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, established in 1873 as the Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, before being renamed for shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose initial one million dollar endowment was intended, in his own words, to help heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
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