University of Leiden

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 272 words | Copyright

University of Leiden at Leiden, the Netherlands; founded 1575 by William the Silent, Prince of Orange. It became a state institution in the 19th cent. It has faculties of theology, law, medicine, science, arts, social science, philosophy, and geography and prehistory.

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