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Trying to follow guidelines here, having made a change and then had it reverted (anonymously).
Elihu Yale was the primary benefactor of Yale, not a founder. Yale itself and the Wikipedia article on Elihu Yale describe him that way, which is the accurate way. The article on Yale University names the founders by name, among which is not Elihu Yale.
The newly cited item is incorrect in its assertions or perhaps is just using the word “founded” in an outdated sense. (It’s also unreliably sloppy. For example, the work says that the Collegiate School was renamed Yale University in gratitude to Elihu Yale. It was not, rather being renamed Yale College. It wasn’t a university with the concomitant name change until the 19th century.) The anonymous reverter compares John Harvard, as does the cited work, which is apt but not in the way that person intended. As with Elihu Yale, Harvard University does not itself describe him as a founder, noting that he gave the money and books 35 years after the founding of the college. Similarly, Elihu Yale gave books 15 years after the college was founded; the college was not founded over the space of 15 years, it was founded once, and in 1701.
Yale School of Drama was recently renamed for David Geffen, which does not make him a founder. Triplingual ( talk) 21:02, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
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Trying to follow guidelines here, having made a change and then had it reverted (anonymously).
Elihu Yale was the primary benefactor of Yale, not a founder. Yale itself and the Wikipedia article on Elihu Yale describe him that way, which is the accurate way. The article on Yale University names the founders by name, among which is not Elihu Yale.
The newly cited item is incorrect in its assertions or perhaps is just using the word “founded” in an outdated sense. (It’s also unreliably sloppy. For example, the work says that the Collegiate School was renamed Yale University in gratitude to Elihu Yale. It was not, rather being renamed Yale College. It wasn’t a university with the concomitant name change until the 19th century.) The anonymous reverter compares John Harvard, as does the cited work, which is apt but not in the way that person intended. As with Elihu Yale, Harvard University does not itself describe him as a founder, noting that he gave the money and books 35 years after the founding of the college. Similarly, Elihu Yale gave books 15 years after the college was founded; the college was not founded over the space of 15 years, it was founded once, and in 1701.
Yale School of Drama was recently renamed for David Geffen, which does not make him a founder. Triplingual ( talk) 21:02, 28 October 2023 (UTC)