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Wikipedia: Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island and is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III (1760–1820), Brown is the third-oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States. Academically, Brown consists of The College, Graduate School, and Alpert Medical School.
![[Robinson Hall, now home to the Department of Economics, was the main university library in the 1800s]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brown_university_robinson_hall_2009a_s.jpg "Robinson Hall, now home to the Department of Economics, was the main university library in the 1800s")
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![[Brown University seal as a detail on a university building]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brown_University_seal_building_detail_s.jpg "Brown University seal as a detail on a university building")
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![[John Hay Library]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_JohnHayLibrary_s.jpg "John Hay Library")
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![[This copper]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_UniversityHall1795_s.jpg "This copper")
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![[The Watson Institute]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_WatsonInstitute_s.jpg "The Watson Institute")
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![[Corliss Brackett House, Brown's Admissions Office]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_CorlissBrackettHouse_s.jpg "Corliss Brackett House, Brown's Admissions Office")
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![[Built in 1770, University Hall is the oldest building on Brown's campus.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_UniversityHall_s.jpg "Built in 1770, University Hall is the oldest building on Brown's campus.")
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![[Hope College was built in 1822, while Manning Hall was built in 1834]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brown_univeristy_manning_hall_2009v_s.jpg "Hope College was built in 1822, while Manning Hall was built in 1834")
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![[Front view of the Van Wickle Gates]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ScannedImage_11_s.jpg "Front view of the Van Wickle Gates")
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![[Andrews Hall on the Pembroke Campus]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_AndrewsHall_s.jpg "Andrews Hall on the Pembroke Campus")
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![[The John Carter Brown Library]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brown_university_john_carter_brown_lib_s.jpg "The John Carter Brown Library")
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![[18th Brown President Ruth J. Simmons, 2001 - present.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DrRuthJSimmons_s.jpg "18th Brown President Ruth J. Simmons, 2001 - present.")
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![[Poster celebrating Brown's 150 year anniversary in 1914]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_Poster1914_s.jpg "Poster celebrating Brown's 150 year anniversary in 1914")
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![[A fraternity house in Wriston Quadrangle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrownUniversity_MarcyHouse_s.jpg "A fraternity house in Wriston Quadrangle")
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![[John Hay attended Brown University from 1855]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/John_Hay_2C_bw_photo_portrait_2C_1897_s.jpg "John Hay attended Brown University from 1855")
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