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New School for Social Research
New School For Social Research BIBLIOGRAPHY The New School for Social Research was founded in New York City in 1918 by a group of prominent Columbia University scholars—Charles A. Beard (1874–1948)... Read more |
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American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York). The oldest ongoing American school of acting, it was founded in 1884 as the Lyceum Theatre School for Acting by Franklin Haven Sargent after Harvard, where he was a member of the faculty, rejected his plea to open a drama school there. Steele ... Read more |
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Private Schools
Private Schools Sources Popularity.Private schools, also called venture, adventure, or evening schools, first appeared about 1660 in New Netherland and by the beginning of the eighteenth century were found in most cities and towns in America. Colonial private... Read more |
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school of Paris
school of Paris The center of international art until after World War II, Paris was a mecca for artists who flocked there to participate in the most advanced aesthetic currents of their time. The school of Paris is not one style; the term describes many styles and movements. The practitioners and... Read more |
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David Mannes
David Mannes , 1866-1959, American violinist, conductor, and educator, b. New York City. Mannes was violinist in the New York Symphony Orchestra from 1891 and its concertmaster from 1898 to 1912. In 1912 he founded the Music School Settlement for Colored People and in 1916, with his wife, the Mannes... Read more |
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Litchfield Law School
LITCHFIELD LAW SCHOOL The first law school in America, founded by Tapping Reeve (b. October 1744, in Southhold, Long Island, New York; d. December 13, 1823, in Litchfield, Connecticut) in 1784 in Litchfield, Connecticut. It continued operation until 1833. In 1778, Tapping Reeve, a young attorney... Read more |
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City University of New York
City University of New York (CUNY), at New York City; created in 1961 by combining the city's 17 municipal colleges. It includes Bernard M. Baruch College (1919; specializes in business studies), Brooklyn College (1930), City College (1847; the oldest member college), the College of Staten Island... Read more |
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The Juilliard School
The Juilliard School , in New York City; school of music, drama, and dance; coeducational; est. 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art, chartered 1926 as the Juilliard School of Music with two separate units—the Juilliard Graduate School (1924) and Institute of Musical Art. These were... Read more |
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Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art. Art school founded in 1840 as the School of Design in Ingram Street, Glasgow. In 1869 it moved to Sauchiehall Street, and in 1885 Francis Newbery was appointed director, ushering in the School's golden period, when under his guidance it ‘developed rapidly from a... Read more |
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Bailey Willis
WILLIS, BAILEY(b. Idlewild-on-Hudson, New York, 31 March 1857; d. Palo Alto, California, 19 February 1949)geology.The early schooling of Bailey Willis, son of poet Nathaniel Parker Willis, was a haphazard mixture of private tutoring, some classroom instruction, and listening to the literary repartee... Read more |
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