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Ezra Stiles College is named to honor the memory of Ezra Stiles, Yale Class of 1746, an eminent American theologian, lawyer, scientist, and philosopher, who served as the seventh President of Yale from 1778 to 1795.
Ezra Stiles College is one of the fourteen residential colleges at Yale University, built in 1961 and designed by Eero Saarinen. The college is named after Ezra Stiles, the seventh President of Yale. Architecturally, it is known for its lack of right angles between walls in the living areas.
Ezra Stiles (10 December [ O.S. 29 November] 1727 – May 12, 1795) [1] [2] was an American educator, academic, Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He is noted as the seventh president of Yale College (1778–1795) and one of the founders of Brown University.
May 23, 2018 · Ezra received his early education at home and entered Yale College in 1742 with twelve other freshmen. He studied the classical curriculum of liberal arts : classical languages, logic, rhetoric, geometry, geography, natural philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, and divinity.
In February Ezra Stiles College hosted Ross Gay, award-winning poet, essayist, and educator, for engaging and insightful discussions on finding joy and delight in the everyday. We thank Mr. Gay for sharing his time, work and thoughts with Stiles, Yale and the greater New Haven community.