John Bracken | |
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| 9th President of the College of William & Mary | |
| In office 1812–1814 | |
| Preceded by | James Madison |
| Succeeded by | John Augustine Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | College of William &Mary |
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John Bracken was an American priest of the Episcopal Church who was the rector of Bruton Parish Church and the ninth president of the College of William and Mary,serving from 1812 to 1814. [1] In 1792,Bracken helped to reestablish the Grammar School at the College of William and Mary. [2]
The College of William &Mary is a public research university in Williamsburg,Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III and Queen Mary II,it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world.
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Walter Taylor Reveley III was the twenty-seventh president of the College of William &Mary. Formerly Dean of its law school from August 1998 to February 2008,Reveley was appointed interim president of William &Mary on February 12,2008 following Gene Nichol's resignation earlier that day,and was elected the university's 27th president by the Board of Visitors on September 5,2008. While president,Reveley continued his service as the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence at the law school.
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I Am the College of William and Mary was written in 1945 by Dr. Dudley W. Woodbridge,esteemed professor (1927-1966) and inaugural dean of the revived Law School at the College of William &Mary in Williamsburg,Virginia. The narrative poem recounts William &Mary's historic legacy as the seventh oldest college in the English-speaking world.
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