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A group of prominent New York City residents from the city's landed class of merchants, bankers, and traders established NYU on April 18, 1831. These New Yorkers believed the city needed a university designed for young men who would be admitted based on merit, not birthright or social class.
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by a group of New Yorkers led by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education.
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At first, biographical writings were regarded merely as a subsection of history with a focus on a particular individual of historical importance. The independent genre of biography as distinct from general history writing, began to emerge in the 18th century and reached its contemporary form at the turn of the 20th century.
Several countries offer an annual prize for writing a biography such as the: 1. Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize– Canada 2. National Biography Award– Australia 3. Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography– United States 4. Whitbread Prize for Best Biography– United Kingdom 5. J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography– United Kingdom 6. Prix Goncourt...
Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Biography" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 952–954.Sidney Lee (1911), Principles of Biography, London: Cambridge University Press, Wikidata Q107333538Solomon, Maynard (2001). "Biography". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.41156. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library me..."Biography", In Our Time, BBC Radio 4 discussion with Richard Holmes, Nigel Hamilton and Amanda Foreman (June 22, 2000).
By the early 1980s, with the University’s financial health restored and New York itself emerging at last from decades of social and economic troubles, NYU was poised for a new era of growth.
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Nicknamed “the Heights,” the campus was designed by Stanford White, renowned architect of several New York City landmarks, including the Washington Square Arch. Back at Washington Square, the University Building is demolished and construction begins on the Main Building, later renamed the Silver Center.
The University Club continued to allow nude swimming for men through the 21st century, unlike other private clubs in New York City, which had banned the practice. [156] [160] The University Club's house rules also restrict electronic devices, photography, and the use of the club's name.
