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    The Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749-1791) was a boys' school and men's college in Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania....
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    organization acquired the Dance Academy, and renamed itself the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts. After establishing a School of Theater in 1983, the...
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    then Philadelphia Textile Institute for 20 years (1942–1961), Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science for 38 years (1962–1999), and Philadelphia University...
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  • list of colleges and universities in Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Community College of Philadelphia Delaware Valley Academy of Medical and Dental...
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    of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is one of nine colonial colleges and...
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    sentiments and criticisms of the policies of the British Parliament and the Crown. He pioneered and was the first president of the Academy and College of Philadelphia...
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    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1805 and is the first and oldest...
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    the granting of a charter to the College of Philadelphia. Several other colleges and universities can be traced to colonial-era "academies" or "schools"...
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  • Valley Forge Military Academy and College (VFMAC) is a private boarding school (grades 7–12) and military junior college in Wayne, Pennsylvania. It follows...
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    Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast...
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    the British American colonies, and The Academy and College of Philadelphia, the predecessor to the private University of Pennsylvania, both opened. Benjamin...
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    secondary school, the Academy of Philadelphia, in 1751. A collegiate charter was obtained for the College of Philadelphia in 1755 and post-secondary instruction...
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    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research...
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    Francis Folger Franklin (category People from Philadelphia)
    in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (then a colony in British America). He was the oldest legitimate child of Benjamin Franklin, then the publisher of the...
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  • as College of Philadelphia. The secondary and collegiate institutions were known collectively as The academy and College of Philadelphia. The college received...
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  • of The Academy of Natural Sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences was formed in 1990 when Drexel merged the two existing College of Sciences and College...
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  • Temple College of Philadelphia. By 1907, the institution had revised its institutional status and been incorporated as a research university. As of 2020...
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    Richard Bache (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution)
    Riding of Yorkshire, England, immigrated to Philadelphia, in the colony of Pennsylvania, where he was a businessman, a marine insurance underwriter, and later...
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    James Wilson (Founding Father) (category Burials at Christ Church, Philadelphia)
    founding trustee of Dickinson College, and was lecturing at The academy and College of Philadelphia. In 1768 he was elected to membership of the American...
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  • YSC Academy, a world class soccer training and college preparatory school that operates in an alliance with the Union Academy. The Philadelphia Union...
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    Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) is a public community college with campuses throughout Philadelphia. The college was founded in 1965 and is accredited...
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  • and Maritime Academy (New Orleans, Louisiana) Oakland Military Institute (Oakland, California) Philadelphia Military Academy Phoenix Military Academy...
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    Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (category Members of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada)
    daughter of Stephen Delancey), descendants of King William the Conqueror. From 1757 until 1760, John studied sporadically at The Academy and College of Philadelphia...
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    Pennsylvania List of colleges and universities in Philadelphia List of colleges and universities in Pittsburgh List of for-profit colleges and universities...
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  • university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint...
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    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a long and rich tradition in professional, semi-professional, amateur, college, and high-school sports. Sports play a very...
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  • the Library Company of Philadelphia has accumulated one of the most significant collections of historically valuable manuscripts and printed material in...
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    Thomas Lawrence (mayor) (category Mayors of Philadelphia)
    terms as mayor of Philadelphia between 1727 and his death in 1754. He was also a founder and trustee of The Academy and College of Philadelphia. Born in New...
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    The Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749) – was merged in 1791 with the University of the State of Pennsylvania to become the University of Pennsylvania...
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    The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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