Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment and the institution changed its name to honor his d…
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established the Duke Endowment and the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, Washington Duke.
Established: 1838
President: Vincent Price
Former names: Brown School (1838–1841) · Union Institute (1841–1851) · Normal College (1851–1859) · Trinity College (1859–1924)
Motto: Eruditio et Religio (Latin)
Motto in English: "Education and Piety"
Accreditation: SACS
Religious affiliation: Nonsectarian; historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church
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