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Ohio University was first chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [1] opening for students in 1809. [2]
Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. [9] The university was first chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [ 10 ] opening for students in 1809. [ 11 ]
Ohio University was chartered by the state of Ohio in 1804 as the first university in the Northwest Territory. In 1808 the University opened with three students, and in 1815 awarded its first two bachelor's degrees.
The University opened in 1808 with one building, three students, and one professor, Jacob Lindley. One of the first two graduates of the University, Thomas Ewing, later became a United States senator and distinguished himself as cabinet member or advisor to four presidents.
Ohio University was founded in 1804, and instruction began five years later. Women were first admitted in 1869. William McGuffey, author of the McGuffey Readers, was an early president of Ohio University.
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History of Ohio University. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ohio University was first chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [1] opening for students in 1809. [2]
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The result of the Ohio University is directly from "the organic law of the territory," and Cutler's contract for the purchase of the land, both in 1787; Cutler's desire was that the university be named American University.
