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Harvard and Yale
They are the two oldest and most famous universities in the USA. Both are in the part of the USA that's known as New England.
Harvard, which is now the richest university in the world, was founded in 1636 in Cambridge, in the state of Massachusetts. It's named after John Harvard, an English settler who left all his books and half of his money to the new college. Yale is in New Haven in the state of Connecticut. It's also
named after someone who left books and money to the college Elihu Yale, a merchant from Boston, Massachusetts. Yale was founded in 1701.
Both universities were for men only until the end of the nineteenth century, when separate colleges for women were built. Since the 1970s, both universities have been mixed. Many famous people have studied at
Harvard and Yale. Eight US presidents were students at Harvard. These include John F Kennedy and Barack Obama. Over 140 Nobel Prize winners have studied or worked there. Today, Harvard is also famous as the place where the social network site, Faccbook, was started by Mark Zuckerberg when he was a student there.
Five US presidents including George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, studied at Yale, and it has produced 49 Nobel Prize winners. The actress, Meryl Streep, also studied there. Yale's Law School is the most difficult to get into. It has produced 19 judges of the US Supreme Court. It is generally believed that the game of Frisbee was invented by Yale students. The two universities are traditional rivals in all kinds of sport, but particularly in rowing and American football. The Harvard -Yale Regatta for rowing is the
oldest sport competition in the USA. The annual American football match is simply known as 'The Game. However, every two years Harvard and Yale join together for an athletics competition against the two oldest British Universities, Oxford and Cambridge.
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Read the text and complete the chart.
1) Where is it?
Harvard: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Yale: New Haven, Connecticut
2) When was it founded?
Harvard: it was founded in 1636.
Yale: it was founded in 1701.
3) Who is it named after?
Harvard: It's named after John Harvard, an English settler who left all his books and half of his money to the new college.
Yale: It's also named after someone who left books and money to the college Elihu Yale, a merchant from Boston, Massachusetts.
4) How many US presidents studied there?
Harvard: Eight US presidents were students at Harvard. These include John F Kennedy and Barack Obama.
Yale: Five US presidents including George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, studied at Yale.
5) How many Nobel Prizes has it won?
Harvard: Over 140 Nobel Prize winners have studied or worked there.
Yale: it has produced 49 Nobel Prize winners.
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